It seems to have been very quiet lately? Not really....
Housing Sites in Purton ~ submission made
Thanks to all those who participated in the CarbonBrake Housing Sites survey recently...
Bradley’s Meadow ~ fifty houses approved
A further fifty houses have been approved in the parish at Moredon Bridge destroying a couple of acres of previously protected calcareous grassland.....
Survey: Wiltshire Council Housing Land Consultation
Wiltshire Council is currently out to consultation concerning options for housing land. It is calling for sites to be put forward. If there is to be development it must be in the "right" place and be of the "right" scale...
Poll: Dog Fouling
If you are concerned about dog fouling, please take the poll
Land at Restrop Road ~ 34 houses refused
The application for 34 houses at Restrop Road has been refused for the following reasons: the proposed development was “in the countryside” outside the framework; it was premature and was trying to jump in quickly before the Wiltshire Core Strategy (which will steer future housing locations) has been approved; and it is not required to meet the five-year housing land supply. In fact, the same reasons for which Widham was refused. There were also some technical issues, namely, that drainage was not adequately dealt with, lack of consideration for the […]
Purton’s Future Housing
In the ideal world of planning for new housing, we are supposed to identify areas for new housing within our neighbourhood plan. At the same time if the current settlement boundary needs to be changed that is the time to be re-setting it. We are all then supposed to vote on that plan before it is then approved by Wiltshire Council. Not now...
What’s that smell?
Smells are notoriously difficult to pinpoint with any certainty...
Bradley’s Meadow ~ Inquiry Update
The Inquiry has completed. Our unitary councillor Jacqui Lay and myself were present to give evidence and offered ourselves for cross-examination by the appellant's barrister...