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September decision for

800 homes at Ridgeway Farm
Wiltshire Council’s Strategic Planning Committee will decide on 28
September whether Taylor Wimpey’s proposal for 800 houses north
of Peatmoor and Sparcells at Ridgeway Farm should go ahead or not.
Although the impact on Swin- traffi c through Peatmoor, Shaw and
don’s western infrastructure will Nine Elms.”
be huge, the decision will be made The full objection can be read at
in Chippenham as the site is in www.shawresidents.org.uk CourseMonster comes
Wiltshire. For many years people living in
The recently published Wiltshire Purton have argued that the rural to town!
Planning Core Strategy does not buffer zone on Swindon’s western
support development at Ridgeway edge should be preserved.
Farm, although it acknowledges Car pool to Chippenham CourseMonster, the UK’s leading independent
that the Taylor Wimpey applica- Kevin Fisher is organising a car pool- training provider, has relocated its head offi ce from
tion has to be heard, and could be ing trip to Wiltshire Council’s Stra- Brighton to Swindon and opened for business on
accepted. tegic Planning Committee meeting 1st August 2011.
Shaw Residents’ Association in Chippenham on 28 September
(SRA) has lodged an objection, for anybody who wants to attend
pointing out that Ridgeway Farm the debate and hear the decision.
would not provide any long term To register interest in going, mail:
job opportunities for the people of [email protected]
Swindon and would not build a
resilient community when none of Free computer courses
the council tax from the new homes
would assist Swindon provide in libraries
infrastructure and services. A series of short introductions to us-
Kevin Fisher of SRA, said, “all the ing a computer will run in a number
homes at Ridgeway Farm will be oc- of Swindon Council libraries from
cupied by people travelling to work, September until July next year.
schools or college. The development Aimed at absolute beginners they
will have a catastrophic impact on will cover how to use a mouse and
the infrastructure on the west side keyboard, web browsing, online
of Swindon, especially road links. search and shopping on the internet.
Mead Way is already heavily con- For details call Joanne Gahan at The CourseMonster team are: Tim Barton, Karen Arnold, Paula Glen,
gested and there will be a lot more West Swindon Library on 465554. Ben Johnson, Kelvin Durcan
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Technical Director at AMS Accountancy Ltd. past seven years I was aware of the high calibre
of potential employees in the area. We have now
successfully recruited a new team who are ready to

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