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Taylor Wimpey through their ‘the area retains a rural quality and
Swindon agents DPDS state the ap- a feeling of being detached from the
plication is prepared in accordance urban area.’
with national, regional and local “Another quote: ‘The site forms
planning policy - in particular the an extension of rural surroundings
adopted Wiltshire and Swindon to the north and east rather than the
Structure Plan which required 1,000 urban landscape to the west and
new homes to be built to the west of south and is fairly typical within this
Swindon, 200 of which are now un- context due to its rural character.’”
der construction at Moredon Bridge. “We agree with these statements.
Public consultation events took It’s exactly why it is totally inap-
place in North Wiltshire in 2009,in- propriate for Ridgeway Farm to be
cluding a belated and poorly publi- bolted on to Swindon as an urban
cised presentation in West Swindon. extension.”
Dr Richard Pagett of Ps & Qs The closing date for objections
(Purton’s Sustainability Group) is 10 February. See more about this
said, "the documents make little or story at http://bit.ly/ridgeway

Planning for our grandchildren’s future
Continued from page 5
There are two potential bright points: a consultation for a new National
Planning Framework and the Localism Bill. Whilst it is not yet clear
how these two will mesh, surely we now have a once-in-a-generation
opportunity to fi nally ditch the planning strait jacket of the 60s and 70s
and embrace local decision-making that may fi nally have some muscle.
And all within the new realism of climate change, population increase
and diminishing resources.
Let’s hope our politicians have the courage and we have the chance to
see this through. Once land is consumed for housing, it’s gone forever.
What kind of legacy are we leaving for our grandchildren.?

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