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Purton Parish Neighbourhood Plan – further thoughts

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on May 20, 2025

... not an easy one

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Purton Parish Neighbourhood Plan (2025 – 2040) – update

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on April 16, 2025

happy reading - some key pointers are to come

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South Pavenhill Farm – appeal succeeds

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on March 6, 2025

another 60 houses for Purton...

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South Pavenhill Farm – update

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on February 12, 2025

it is not over until it is over...

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South Pavenhill Farm – next steps

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on January 9, 2025

............it is down to us

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South Pavenhill Farm – next step

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on December 5, 2024

... time to make a comment

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Widham Farm – appeal succeeds

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on November 20, 2024

A crazy way to manage the use of land. Nothing to do with commonsense.

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South Pavenhill Farm – the hearing

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on November 18, 2024

a hearing gives an opportunity to challenge the developers directly

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South Paven Hill – unsurprisingly, it is back

Written by Professor Richard Pagett on November 6, 2024

also, see how Widham Farm went

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Professor Richard Pagett

... an international development advisor and author specialising in a range of environmental, social, sustainability, climate change, security, resilience and other issues. He holds a University of London BSc (Botany, Geology and Zoology) and a science-based PhD. Following his degrees, he took a postdoctoral research fellowship for four years at the University of Leeds working on rare earth geochemistry in the deep ocean. He then began a career of international development around the world. He works mostly with international funding agencies and national governments and has hands-on knowledge and experience in more than 185 countries.

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