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Charlton Parish CouncilWiltshire
The former toll house on The Street in Charlton, a stone cottage at the roadside

Charlton Parish Council

A north Wiltshire village of roughly 350 electors across 180 homes, with an active council meeting through the year at the Village Hall.

Next meeting & how to attend

Photograph: Former Toll House, The Street, Charlton © Vieve Forward, CC BY-SA 2.0

Where we are
Charlton, three miles east of Malmesbury
Our parish
350 electors · 180 properties
Clerk
Michael Bromley Gardner

The parish

About Charlton

Nine councillors serve Charlton's 180 households, which is a generous ratio by any measure, and it shows in how much gets discussed. The council meets at the Village Hall every other month. The date most worth putting in the diary is 25 April, the Annual Parish Meeting, when any resident can raise anything at all.

Everything the council publishes, minutes, agendas, accounts and meeting dates, is kept on this site so you do not have to hunt for it.

Who represents you

Your council

9 councillors serve the parish, all of them unpaid volunteers. The clerk, Michael Bromley Gardner, handles the council's business day to day.

  • Tom BlandenChairman
  • David RawlingsDeputy Chairman
  • Marion AdkinsCouncillor
  • Philip BaffourCouncillor
  • Liz Garforth-BlesCouncillor
  • Hannah PietCouncillor
  • The Earl of Suffolk and BerkshireCouncillor
  • Philip ThompsonCouncillor
  • Jonathan BrantonCouncillor

Open to everyone

Meetings

Every two months, usually the first Thursday at 7:00pm in the Village Hall. The Annual Parish Meeting is on 25 April 2026 at 10:30am.

Every meeting has time set aside for residents to speak. Agendas are published at least three clear days beforehand, and minutes go up here once approved.

Meeting dates

  • 22 January 2026
  • 5 March 2026
  • 7 May 2026
  • 2 July 2026
  • 3 September 2026
  • 5 November 2026

Everything on the record

Minutes & documents

Agendas, minutes and the council's finances, kept up to date and easy to find. On a rebuilt site each of these would open a real, readable page or PDF.

Agendas Minutes Finances (AGAR) Planning

Around the parish

Local life

Village Hall

The hall hosts council meetings and is the centre of village life.

Annual Parish Meeting

Open to every resident on 25 April 2026, the yearly chance to raise anything with the council.

Planning

The council is consulted on planning applications affecting the parish.

Former Toll House, The Street, Charlton, Charlton.

Get in touch

Contact the council

The Clerk

Michael Bromley Gardner
Parish Clerk
Coomb Cottage, Charlton, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9DR

On the live site the clerk's email and phone would sit here, one tap to contact.

Send a message

This is a preview, so the form does not send. On the live site it would email the clerk.

Built in from the start

Accessibility

This preview is built to meet WCAG 2.2 AA: it works with a keyboard, has proper headings and landmarks, visible focus, labelled form fields, and text that resizes on a phone. A live rebuild would ship with a dated, published accessibility statement, the exact thing the annual return's Assertion 10 asks a council to confirm.