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5,500 homes for West & North Swindon Had an accident/injured?

On the road? At work?
Public meetiNg: moNday 18 JaNuary Slip? Trip?

Woodlands edge, Peatmoor Village centre Medical negligence?

Information display from 6pm; meeting at 7pm Speak to a
SpeciAliST SOliciTOr
in Swindon on
What do you think of thousands of homes 600721
added to West and North Swindon?
S. J. edney Solicitors
For the last two years The Link has been publicising the proposals to build 3,000 homes next to Swindon
but over the border in Wiltshire at Ridgeway Farm and Pry Farm, and more recently another 2,000 to 2,500 www.sjedney.co.uk
homes next to Oakhurst and Redhouse at Tadpole Farm. It’s time to say what you think before it’s too late.
Both projects come about from off Purton Road at Peatmoor and MPs from Swindon and Wiltshire
the government’s Regional Spatial from Thamesdown Drive - across and councillors on both sides of the CYCLe rePAIrS
Strategy policy which has identified the River Ray and the Swindon & border say expanding Swindon into Free collection
the places across Britain for future Cricklade railway line. Wiltshire is not acceptable - read
housing and economic growth. Their outline plan makes allow- their comments at www.swindon- & delivery from
Local councils have to come up ances for the flood plain and the link.com home or work
with the proposals of how and Ministry of Defence fuel dump in Councillor Nick Martin, who is ★ Servicing & repairs
where the homes will be built by the middle of the expansion area. organising the public meeting, said, ★ New cycles
creating a Core Strategy. Despite People in north Wiltshire object “Swindon has to consolidate what Over 25 yrs
experience
the recession, the planning process to suburbia consuming more green it has got and plan any expansion ★ Parts & accessories
has continued to grind on. fields and closing the gap between properly. If it were to go ahead, Safety alert
Swindon has agreed its Core Swindon and Purton. then that land has to come into
Strategy for accommodating up to Residents living across West and Swindon so that the town benefits Bikes bought on the internet
35,000 houses, including 2,000 at North Swindon should be wor- from the developer contributions or mail order must be serviced
Tadpole Farm - see page 4. ried about the effects of another and council tax income. before being ridden. CALL NOW
Wiltshire Council completed its 5,000 homes on every community “But do you, the people who will fOr fAst, frIeNdLy servICe
consultations in December and its service, the potential for flooding be directly affected by these plans, Phil Mitchell: 874873 day or eve.
Core Strategy will be put before and the massive congestion on the agree? If not what are you willing or 07850 650956 (mobile)
councillors in the next few month. road network. to do about it?”
Wiltshire planners say the Ridge- Whilst the regional planning
way Farm and Pry Farm ‘urban system has gone a long way, but
extensions’ would have two primary depending on which party wins
schools and a secondary school, the coming general election, the
possibly built jointly with Swindon. expansion plan could be turned on
Traffic access could be made its head or could carry on.
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