Wiltshire Council
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| Address | County Hall, Bythesea Rd, Trowbridge BA14 8JN, United Kingdom |
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| Hours | Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM Mon |
| Phone | +44 300 456 0100 |
| Seats | 98 councillors |
| Voting system | First-past-the-post voting |
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| ID | 2474759 |
About Wiltshire Council
Wiltshire Council is a council for the unitary authority of Wiltshire in South West England, created in 2009. It is the successor authority to Wiltshire County Council and the four district councils of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire, all of which were created in 1974 and abolished in 2009.
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'Gargoyle' of council leader appears on Wiltshire pizza shop
By Emma Elgee and Dan JohnsonBBC News
A builder has put up a gargoyle-like sculpture of a council leader in the latest development of a planning row.
Wiltshire Council first issued Michael Thomas with an enforcement notice telling him to stop converting an old pizza shop in Trowbridge in 2020.
And now Mr Thomas has put a statue of Trowbridge Town Council leader Stewart Palmen on his roof.
Mr Palmen, 61, said: " I find the gargoyle very amusing, I'm using it as my Facebook profile picture. "
Speaking to, Mr Thomas, 71, said The Sculpture was " meant to be humorous" rather than nasty.
After the enforcement notice was first issued, planning permission was sought by Mr Thomas.
However, This Was refused in June 2022 by Wiltshire Council , which said The Plan would " detract from the character and appearance of the area".
This decision was upheld after an appeal in May this year, which led to Mr Thomas putting up a banner criticising The Council on scaffolding around the property.
Mr Palmen said: " He's clearly put a lot of work into the gargoyle, I think it's a good likeness of how I looked three years ago when I had a big bushy beard.
" I Am a bit disturbed though because I usually wear a fedora hat and that is missing.
" I can see it was designed to wind me up but it's had The Opposite effect. "
Mr Thomas said he had asked an artist friend to carve the artwork, which is technically a grotesque, because he believed Mr Palmen had asked people to object to the plans.
But Mr Palmen said he had merely been asking people to comment.
He Said : " I've never had any direct communications with him myself, I think he sees me as A Channel for The Council though.
" I would say Wiltshire Council do support these kind of applications when they follow the correct procedures. "
Speaking on behalf of The Council , Nick Botterill, cabinet member for strategic planning, added: " As there is an ongoing enforcement case against Mr Thomas, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further at this stage. "
Mr Thomas is due to appear at Swindon Magistrates' Court on 27 October accused of failing to comply with an enforcement notice.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
