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The Association of Council Taxpayers, South Wiltshire (ACT)

The Association of Council Taxpayers, South Wiltshire, was originally the Salisbury Ratepayers Association (SRA), formed in 1969 to monitor rates. It later became the Council Taxpayers Association, (CTA) Salisbury District but to remove the apparent connection with the District Council, the title was reversed to its present name with the “South Wiltshire” suffix recently replacing “Salisbury District”, to make even clearer, its complete separation from the local authority it monitors.

The Association is independent of any political party and has no other affiliations. The constitution sets out the organisation’s officers, membership, procedures, and at paragraph 2, its role:-

    “Its object is to scrutinise the policies and actions of Salisbury District Council and other public bodies from an independent standpoint and to promote the interests of local residents.”

The organisation has a current membership exceeding 450, the largest local non-political organisation representing the people of South Wiltshire. It is concentrated in the city of Salisbury, the towns of Amesbury and Wilton and neighbouring villages which, in the Stonehenge context, surround the World Heritage Site (WHS). The membership covers a wide spectrum of the community.

The ACT Alternative A303 Road Scheme Team

The ACT Stonehenge A303 Realignment Plan project team has been supported and advised by a barrister, two civil engineers highly experienced in road planning, and a scientist who has been specializing in pollution problems in the City of Salisbury for the past four years.