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Visitor centre remains open
People looking for a home in Priory Vale will continue to find all the
information they need in one place for another seven weeks.
The Priory Vale Visitor Centre,
off Thamesdown Drive, which was
due to close in mid-October, will
remain open until 22 December,
Monday to Saturday, 10am to
4.30pm.
The centre has been the first
point of call for home purchasers
since 2002, but landowners Per-
simmon now need the site back. Christmas un 437940 or mail:
The North Swindon Develop- mikechristmasntrenchfarrow.co.uk
ment Company is looking for a
buyer of the spacious timber- Free maps on offer
framed structure created by award- Visitor centre advisor Jeanette
winning NC Architects. The build- Egglestone is available to assist
ing was designed with de-con- with all enquiries about Priory Vale
struction and reassembly in mind. and has free maps of the area
The successful bidder will be re- produced by TheLinkto give away.
sponsible for removal. Information is also available at
To make an offer, call Mike www.prioryvale.com
Confusion over use of
Oakhurst school site
Just as Haydon Wick Parish Council prepared to consult Oakhurst
residents about possible uses for a no longer needed school site Swin-
don Council Children's Services declared an interest.
The site off Pioneer Road, re- has rejected this idea, declaring
ferred toon plans as PS7, was origi- that Children's Services and Edu-
nallysetasideforaprimaryschool cation are considering building
until the council decided in 2003 some sort unspecified provision.
that Red Oaks and Orchid Vale Coon Gary Perkins, Children's
were adequate provision. Services lead member, said that
The parish council was keen on whilst a school would not be built,
it becoming public open space to Children's Services retains rights
block future housing development on the land for 10 years. "There are
and was planning a public consul- no definite proposals yet, but there
dw,tA c ;115 tationthroughOakhurstResidents are lots of possibilities such as a
providing a children's home, res-
Association,
However a letter from Swin-
don's Development Impact Group pite care or perhaps other extended
services."
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