Westbury Town Council

Welcome

Westbury is in Wiltshire, one of the south-western counties of England, and is bounded by Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Hampshire, Dorset and Somerset.

The town of Westbury is a small town that lies not far from its famous White Horse hill-carving at the western extremity of Salisbury Plain.

The Town Council in its present format originates from the Local Government Review of the early 1970’s, prior to this it was the Westbury Urban District Council.

The Council comprises of 16 Members elected on a four yearly basis. The Town has two Wards (Ham with nine Members and Laverton with seven).

WESTBURY BYPASS - Public Inquiry

A web page regarding the Westbury bypass has been created and maintained by Helen Wilson, Programme Officer for the Inquiry. Read more about the wesbury bypass.

Project update

Westbury Market Place Improvement - Progress Update

Following a programme of public consultation during the summer of 2007, final designs were completed by the Urban Designers, Mouchel Parkman taking into account all the views and ideas expressed through the consultation process.

This detailed concept was presented to and approved by Westbury Town Council in early December 2007.

Click here to view/download a copy of the finalised concept.

The adopted design concept was subject to some further modifications in the early part of 2008 and final detailed plans were confirmed by the summer with work commencing in September 2008.

Key action dates:

Phase 1: COMPLETED
Started 15th September 2008 - Western side outside White Lion, One Stop, Crown Inn, Charlies Bar & Madcap Music. Plus along Maristow Street and onto Fore Street.

Phase 2: COMPLETED
Started November 2008 - Eastern Side outside Olympia, Old Town Hall, Wessex Books & Lopes Arms plus Alfred Street and onto Fore Street.

The new Market Place was formally opened on Friday March 20th 2009.