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t The Link Magazine • August 2003

WORRIED How big should Swindon get?
Although planners have to find land for another 1,900 houses in the Swindon area as part of the Local Plan
to 2016, The June Link pondered an unasked question: 'Is Swindon destined to get another 20,000 houses'
ABOUT in the period after this date. Charmian Spickernell from the Swindon branch of the Council for the
Protection of Rural England responds.
DEBT? With regard to the article IsSzuin- homes rather than affordable and commitment to retaining Green
don destined to get another 20,000 key-worker housing; commuters Belts and the possibility of new
MORTGAGES/ houses CPRE would say that in- rather than communities. Out- Green Belts to prevent urban
REMORTGAGES. stead of'Predict and Provide' plan- ward expansion has been costly sprawl in growth areas and the
OVERBORROWED ping is now based on 'Plan, Moni- and the infrastructure and serv- strengthening of green wedges
CCJ'S. BANKRUPTCY, tor and Manage'. ices are overstretched, and corridors.
CREDIT CARDS Monitoring shows that Swindon By contrast, the New Swindon CPRE is calling for the Swindon
is 34 per cent under-built accord- Company is producing exciting rural buffer to become a Green
I COULD HELP ing to the Structure Plan alloca- plans to re-generate the town cen- Belt to check unrestricted sprawl,
Stop seeing tions. Large greenfield develop- tre. This is what needs to happen preventneighbouringtownsfrom
merging,assistinsafeguardingthe
first. Adding thousands more
ments have produced executive
Red. houses to the Structure Plan allo- countryside and assist in urban
regeneration.
cations will fuel the need for more
• The revised draft Local Plan to
Start seeing a future. `GRA' greenfields and act as a disincen- 2011 should have been published
tive to renewing the centre. Other
For a sympathetic ear ACCOUNTANCY towns such as Leeds that have con- in June. But nearly 3,000 comments
and a fully confidential chat. centrated on urban renewal have were received on the first draft as
a result of public consultation, with
become success stories.
call Swindon based • Business Start Up
The regional planning guidance over 2,500 objections, Swindon
RON WEBB. • Book-Keeping for the South West only sets a fig- planners have been given a new
Independent Financial Adviser • Annual Accounts ure of 3,000 houses to be built per deadline of October 2003 to draw
Office: 01635 43515. • Self Assessment Tax annum in Wiltshire up until 2006. up the document.
After that monitoring will takeover. For more information, contact
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