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Tailor-made Time to come clean on waste plans Tadpole Farm plans
by SueLynn Proposals for the pyrolitic waste to energy plant at Chapel Farm will Crest Strategic Developments
public drop-in exhibition to
not form part of the Crest Homes planning application for 1,700 homes
Curtains at Tadpole Farm, according to Swindon Council’s chief planning offi cer feedback results from the
Ian Halsall.
Pelmets “While the council is keen to pro- energy plant. Grave concerns have consultation presentations in
Roman blinds mote green energy, the developers also been expressed by Blunsdon March and to consult on
infrastructure concerns
Swags & tails will only go for this if it is viable Parish Council. Isambard School main hall
Cushion covers and cost-effective, and if it ensures In July, borough planning offi cer Saturday 24 September
cheaper electricity for Tadpole Farm Jon Madge told a parish council
Fitting service available residents,” he said. “We now expect meeting that Chapel Farm would 11am till 4pm
the waste application to be submit- be a small scale local operation to
No job too small ted separately in 12 months’ time.” provide electricity and heat to the Oakhurst residents gather
For further information call As reported in the July and Au- houses at Tadpole Farm. However, The next meeting of the Oakhurst
Sue: 01793 870451 or gust Links, Oakhurst Residents’ the Wiltshire and Swindon Waste Residents’ Association takes place
Association are concerned about Site Allocations Development Plan at 4 Southwold Close, Oakhurst on
Lynn: on 01793 330595 the safety implications of a waste to dated June 2011 describes Chapel Monday 5 September, 7.45pm.
Farm as a strategic waste site. Items for discussion include Tad-
Although some residents believe pole Farm, the Chapel Farm waste
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The B4553 (at The Pry) meets “It’s not clear who has right of
It’s Summer. Brighten up your home Cross Lanes on a sharp bend as it way and this increases the dangers
joins Packhorse Lane. Cross Lanes, if drivers don’t know what others
with a rainbow of colours! which is a weight restricted road are doing. I think it needs a yellow

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and Cricklade Railway Society’s know not to enter it unless the exit
Blunsdon Station, and the River Ray is clear.”
Suppliers of all types of blinds, awnings and shutters bridge, feeds traffi c into Swindon as Jacqui is also calling on Wiltshire
Full fi tting service or cash and carry it joins Tadpole Lane. To the north an and Swindon Councils to sort out the
Factory showroom open Monday to Thursday 9.30am - 5.30pm unclassifi ed back road takes traffi c to weight limit signs on Cross Lanes.
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BSS House, Cheney Manor Ind. Est., Swindon. Tel: 01793 434584 a few seconds off the trip if drivers sign, but this is no longer enforce-
deviate off the B road. able because weight categories have
In the short term the Wootton changed. “Swindon Borough have
Manor Garden Centre Bassett and Cricklade Area Board agreed to upgrade the signs on their
Cheney Manor, Swindon has allocated money to improve the side but I’d like them to put a weight
01793 526691 Cross Lane junction so that drivers limit sign up by Abbey Stadium so
know who has the right of way. “It we don’t have large lorries coming
Open 7 days a week used to be an actual cross roads but all the way down to Blunsdon Sta-
the arrangement was altered many tion. The railway bridge is under
years ago because of the number of severe pressure and is being dam-
New 2011 accidents,” said Jacqui. “The volume aged by heavy traffi c.”
of traffi c has grown tremendously
Cross Lanes is due to be closed
Collection as the number of houses to the west in late 2012 when Tadpole Railway
Huge range and north of Swindon has increased. Bridge has work carried out on it
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ment go ahead.

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