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Look out, another 5,000 homes
coming to West and North Swindon

Thousands of new homes are being proposed for Swindon up to 2026
and a good number are likely to be built on the edges of West and
North Swindon.
The January Link highlighted Expansion by North Wiltshire on
proposals put to last year’s Regional the edge of the town will require
Spatial Strategy for the South West coordination with Swindon Coun-
(RSS) planning enquiry last year, cil as there will be extra pressure
by a consortium of developers, from new households on roads,
suggesting expansion in the west sewage, green spaces and schools.
and north of the town would allow The August 2007 Link reported the
central government demands for rejection by councillors from both
more housing to be met quickly. authorities of the 1,000 homes ‘west
The report from the enquiry, of Swindon’ requirement.
published on 11 January, sets out But where will 5,000 more homes
where building should take place, be built? Chinese New Year
including some of the ideas for West Swindon Council has already
and North Swindon put forward made it clear to central Govern-
by the building companies. It says ment that significant amounts of Celebratory Evenings
there should be: capital has to be made available for
Wednesday 6th &
Thursday 7th February 2008

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South evening of Chinese
Purton Marston entertainment and an

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the Year of the Rat

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Romance your partner on
The extent of Swindon’s urban development proposed in 1968.
Forty years on from The Silver Book the plan could become a reality
Valentine‘s Day
• 19,000 in the urban area. This expansion, and there is disagree-
includes the houses still to be built ment between local MPs and the
in Priory Vale, the Front Garden and council’s cabinet on how to fund Thursday 14th February • Two seatings
possibly Commonhead (by Coate huge development works.
Water); The RSS report is now in the Chill out and relax with the smooth sax
• 12,000 in a strategic urban exten- hands of the Government Office
sion to the east of Swindon (equal for the South West and is likely to sounds over a four-course gourmet meal
to West Swindon) between the A420 be adopted as the development £25.00 p/p
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• 1,200 in other parts of borough, Swindon Council will have to + 10% service charge
i.e. Highworth, Wroughton and incorporate its requirements into its
within the town; own Core Strategy plans which are Includes a red rose
• 2,000 in strategic urban exten- unlikely to be adopted until 2010. for the Valentine
sions. This could be at Tadpole However the RSS report could be
Farm north of Oakhurst, which is seen by housing developers as the Please call for menu
already owned by developers Crest green light to build on their existing details or see our website
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shopping closeby. the town in a strategic way.
• 3,000 as an urban extension to The Silver Book:
Swindon in North Wiltshire. There
was already an outstanding require- 40 years later
ment to provide land for another A planning report in 1968 ‘Swindon -
1,000 homes from an earlier plan- A study for further expansion,’ which
ning enquiry but this number has became known as The Silver Book
been trebled. because of its cover, proposed that
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