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6 The Link Magazine • May 2005
No more green field development needed
About 150 people from Swindon and surrounding towns and villages marched through the town on 9
"° .fl_I w"" t April to say to Central Government and Swindon Council that the development of the town has become
chaotic and ill considered, and that no new expansion should take place until the northern expansion is
completed and available brownfield land is built on.
Protesters marching under the should be the region's
banner of Swindon Together On principal urban area,
Planning (STOP) came from the site for a further
groups trying to block develop- 16,000 to 24,000 homes,
ment of Coate Water and the Front between 2016 and 2026
Garden, and also the Mechanics' - in addition to 10,000
Institute Trust who want the der- already agreed but still
elict building saved from commer- to be built.
cial exploitation. Julia Drown, making
There were also people from her last public appear-
Wootton Bassett, Chiseldon and ance as MP for Swin-
Purton concerned about Govern- don South, defended
ment proposals that Swindon Coate Water against
proposals to build a
university campus and
1,800 houses between
the country park and
the Great Western
Hospital. "The devel-
Save Swindon for our futures. STOP march
opers, the university organiser Alan Hayward and Kate Brailsford,
and Swindon Council secretary of the Swindon Civic Trust, with Sophie
are insulting the intel- and Paul Hayward, Kieran and Connor Doyle
ligence of Swindon
people by pursuing a proposal that the turnout. Julia Drown really
nobody wants," she said. went out with a bang, she was
Richard Pagett from Purton said passionate in her speech.
Swindon should be the vibrant "People should feel personally
economic hub of the region but not threatened now. By the time the
through an uncontrolled, chaotic diggers appear it will be far too
dash for growth. late to save the green fields tar-
March organiser Alan Hayward geted for development."
said, "I was really pleased with www.swindon-stop.org.uk

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