There is a new application at Mopes Lane (technically at Parkgate Farm) to increase the composting tonnage to 50,000 tonnes per year. This comes at a cost: there will be additional Heavy Goods Vehicle movements. This relentless increase in HGV movements is battering the local road feeding Mopes Lane, and carving up the verges.
Yet more houses?
The planning inspector who is reviewing the emerging Wiltshire Core Strategy is arguing for increasing the number of houses to be built in Wiltshire and also is suggesting an early review of the settlement boundaries (which restricts building in open countryside outside villages) and not wait for the outcomes of the neighbourhood planning process. These two aspects could have profound implications for the future shape and size of Purton and we need to remain vigiliant...
Is this planning?
Some recent Link articles document the general planning fiasco that is unfolding around us...
Purton Parish Plan ~ now available
It has taken a long time … the Purton Parish Plan is now available. A hard copy will also be available in the Library once printed.
Bradon Forest School – its future
Although it does not sound of particular interest to us in Purton, Swindon Borough Council is shortly concluding a consultation regarding the provision of secondary school places. This is obviously a response to the new housing developments. Several options are being explored and the one of keen interest to Purton is the potential to extend the catchment area for Bradon Forest School to include parts of Swindon....
Widham Farm – why it failed
In essence, the Inspector confirmed our arguments ...
Moredon Bridge ~ time to write
A short while ago, I mentioned the debacle at Moredon Bridge: a developer having obtained permission to build 200 houses on appeal and with a specific veto by the Planning Inspector on developing a nearby field (Bradley's Meadow) has now returned for more.
Widham Farm – DISMISSED!
The Widham Farm Appeal has been dismissed….more later
Solar Park at Purton Stoke
There are only a few days left (until 21 November) to make comment on the proposed solar park to be constructed on land down Bentham Lane in Purton Stoke.