Congratulations to the team at Cirencester Town Council’s LIC who recently were accredited Silver in the South West Tourism Awards.

Our grounds team are responsible for maintaining significant areas of open space and public realm throughout Cirencester.

The Local Information Centre received a record 2,671 visitors in October 2024.

Wow, what an amazing inaugural festival. With 99% of tickets sold across the whole programme, credit to everyone involved who made it the success it was.

Over nine action-packed days, history came alive with an amazing line-up of events and speakers.

The Cirencester Waterways: Environment and People Symposium was held on June 12th 2024 at the Royal Agricultural University.

In early 2024, the Town Council was required to fell a diseased Beech Tree in Abbey Grounds. To honour the tree’s legacy and connect young people with their local heritage, the Council decided to transform the felled tree into a distinctive natural play feature featuring three animals of local significance: The Hare, the Phoenix, and the Cotswold Lion Sheep.

Thank you to everyone who responded to the Regulation 14 consultation and visited the exhibition. We are now collating, and reading through, every comment from statutory consultees and members of the public.

Cirencester Town Council’s Local Information Centre has secured a significant achievement in the Green Tourism awards certification programme with a silver in recognition of the business’s commitment to sustainability.

At our most recent Junior Town Council meeting, the children established their own political parties we have the Watermoor Warriors, The Uprising Shakers Party ‘Modern Junior Voice’ and Corinium Collaborators.

At the recent annual meeting of the Council, Councillor Sarah Orr was elected as the new Mayor of Cirencester and Chair of Council, with Cllr Andy Jopp being elected as Deputy Mayor and Vice-Chair

We held our first ever Junior Town Council meeting last month, with around 30 children from local Primary Schools.

We’re delighted to announce that due to popular demand we are going to be open on Saturdays from 4th May until 26th October 10am to 4pm. Do pop-in and say hello to our team!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent public consultation. We received over 855 comments from over 130 individuals, organisations and statutory consultees.

We have launched our Green Spaces Consultation and Green Spaces Youth Consultation providing the opportunity for local residents to share their thoughts on the future of our local Green Spaces.

New life saving equipment is being installed in Cirencester Town Council’s green spaces, and the current Market Place provision will be improved as part of the Town Council’s dedication to enhancing emergency preparedness and ensuring the well-being of its residents and visitors.

At the recent meeting of the Town Council tough decisions had to be made on the budget estimates for 2024-25, with both the internal and external auditor advising that we had to address our low reserves.

Whilst we have had a good response to the Neighbourhood Plan consultation so far, we want to make sure as many people as possible have the opportunity to comment.

CDC is updating its adopted Local Plan to make it “Green to the Core”. The adopted Local Plan covers a period from 2011 to 2031. During this period the Council also is consulting upon a draft Framework Masterplan Supplementary Planning Document for Cirencester Central Area (a town centre masterplan)

Day to day life can throw many a worrying situation at us. Financial difficulties can happen suddenly, at any time to anyone. If you’re experiencing money worries at this time or know someone who is, there is support and advice available.

The Town Council is launching a road map to reduce its carbon emissions, offsetting over the next few years but with the aim of carbon neutrality by 2030.