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Houses and fl ats plan for Westlea Frock Exchange & Pampering Party

police station site Friday 27 November, 7.30pm to 9pm
Green Square Housing Association has announced proposals for 50 Gateway Church, Stonehill Green, Westlea
homes and a new women’s refuge for the town on the former police
station site next to Westlea fi re station on Mead Way. Declutter and enjoy some taster beauty treatments
Dressmaker on hand to give advice on altering and re-styling
Co
ee, tea and home-made cupcakes
Viewing try-ons from 7.30pm. Items chosen by more than one buyer
will be sold through a mini auction.
All money raised will go towards the cost of the evening and
charitable projects run by the church for those in need locally
Items must be clean, ironed and on hangers accepted in week beginning
Westlea Fire Station overlooking the site between Mead Way and The Chesters 23 November. Call Anne Leggott on 526130 to arrange delivery
www.gatewaychurchswindon.org.uk
The outline scheme was shown safe and will feature an IT room,
to residents living close to the site indoor children’s playroom and
in October and is comprised of 24 outdoor play space.
fl ats and 36 houses for rent, includ- Westlea councillor Steve Wake-
ing nine four and fi ve bedroom fi eld welcomed the project. “It’s It’s simple!
properties on three levels. quite high density but doesn’t ap- 1 You drop it off
They will be built to a secure pear so. It will provide much needed 2 We sell it on eBay for you
design advised by the police and housing for rent and the refuge will
also to energy efficiency Code be a high quality safe haven.” 3 We send you a cheque
Level 4 standards. The roofs are Residents from The Chesters Turn your treasures into cash
orientated to the south and west were unsure about introducing the and let us sell your unwanted
to allow maximum solar gain on high density housing familiar to items on eBay for you.
water heating panels, and possibly North Swindon, to the West. One
for electricity generation. said, “there are too many properties
The women’s refuge is funded for the site; it will create a lot more Call us now 0845 22 694 22
by Swindon Council with a govern- traffi c in a quiet area.” Let Us Auction It Ltd, BSS House, Unit 36
ment grant and will contain 20 self- Green Square will specify that Cheney Manor Industrial Estate, Swindon SN2 2PJ
contained two and three bedroom some local labour should be em-
fl ats to replace the present facility ployed by the building contractor. www.letusauctionit.co.uk
in East Swindon. It will include all Subject to planning permission (Only items valued at £35 or more can be accepted)
the necessary measures to ensure in January, the site should be com-
victims of domestic violence are pleted in Spring 2011.
Wheelie bins on West forum agenda

West Swindon residents were the fi rst in the town to use wheelie bins Tooth
when a trial was launched in 2005, two years before they were rolled Whitening
out across the whole of the town. just
Nearly fi ve years later offi cers Also on the agenda is an update £275
from the Streetsmart team are on improvements to cycle routes
reviewing the recycling and waste and signage, removal of humps on EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC
collection systems and will be talk- Freshbrook Way, police activities to
ing at the West Swindon Forum make the West a safer place, and OF THE WAND
on Monday 9 November, 7.30pm the situation at Freshbrook Com-
to 9pm, in the community suite at munity Centre. ‘’Having recently registered with
Link Centre. The West Swindon Forum is open Ridgeway Health and Wellness
Households in the West with to all residents of West Swindon Dentistry both myself and my husband
more than fi ve occupants were and provides a meeting point for would highly recommend this practice.
supplied with two wheelies but the eight councillors representing The treatment and courtesy received,
to date, has been, without doubt, far
the council are now proposing the three Swindon Council wards superior to any other dental practice
to only collect one bin from such in the area. that we have experienced’’. KLL*
homes, unless there are exceptional • The Forum is part of the council’s
circumstances. This will bring large Connecting People Connecting ‘’It’s so nice to have my teeth
households in West Swindon in line Places policy to bring elected coun- pampered’’. CD*
with the service provided to other cillors closer to the communities * All original testimonials available on request
parts of the town. they represent.
See The Wand video at: www.ridgeway-health.com
Plan for houses to the west suspended Our Famous New Patient
The threat of 3,000 new homes to the west of Swindon in north Wiltshire Full Dental Health Consultation
has been lifted after central government agreed the need for a further Still only £20. Usually £80
appraisal of whether proposals for the Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) for OFFER ENDS 30th NOVEMBER 2009
South West England are the most sustainable way forward for the region. For the latest on how gum disease
This means the fi nal plan won’t be published until mid-2010 - after the can compromise your overall health
general election, when a new government might demand a new approach see what Whoopi Goldberg has to say at:
www.ridgeway-health.com
to regional planning.
However plans for 200 houses at Moredon Bridge, close to Sparcells, have TEL: 01793 798228
already been passed, in expectation that the RSS would be agreed in June.
“It shows that the planning inspector made a poor decision,” said Ridgeway Health & Wellness Dentistry, High St., Wroughton • FREE PARKING
Richard Paget of environmental group Purton Ps and Qs.

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