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to Great Western Way will be Striving for Excellence
to thousands more houses
Cirencester Kingshill School

Head: Christine S. Oates

Keith Williams with the plan of possible housing sites and the Swindon road
network shown to the Chancellor in July
ture plus a Thamesdown Drive link Wiltshire’s planning core strategy. OPEN MORNINGS
road will be immense. The 2009 plan for 2,000 homes at Thursday 26th September 2013 at 9.15am
The 10,000 homes across North Pry Farm to the north of Ridgeway
Swindon, started in 1994, are almost Farm, (west of Oakhurst), has been and Friday 27th September 2013 at 9.15am
complete. The area is to be extended revived and it is possible that devel-
by another 1,695 houses at Tadpole opers could propose an even larger A warm welcome is extended to see for yourself
Farm in North Swindon. number of houses, closing the gap the work of this first class Secondary School.
West Swindon is to be expanded by between Swindon and Purton, and For further details and a prospectus
Taylor Wimpey into Wiltshire by 700 even Cricklade is under threat. please contact the school on 01285 651511
houses at Ridgeway Farm. Securing planning permission on
Building companies are champing land development has become easier www.cirencesterkingshill.gloucs.sch.uk
at the bit to build on the green field for house builders. It seems govern-
land they have options on to the north ment could invest in a relief road for
and west of Swindon - even though future traffic problems,rather than
the sites have not been identified in solve those of the present.
Cirencester Sixth Form College
Muddle and confusion at Ridgeway Farm
Shaw Residents’ Association chair Kevin Fisher reports increasing levels Open Day
of confusion over Taylor Wimpey’s detailed planning application for the
first 218 houses at Ridgeway Farm in Wiltshire, to the north of Peatmoor.
Despite the county receiving over
200 objections Wiltshire councillor
Jacqui Lay has refused to call in the
plans for public discussion. Now
Taylor Wimpey have revised their
plan to reduce the number of parking
spaces in the first phase by 16 - a 21
per cent shortfall.
Kevin said: “The implications for
on-road parking and the congestion Kevin Fisher discussing the plans with
this will cause is obvious. Taylor Wim- Taylor Wimpey development director
pey claim they meet the requirements Rob Phelps at a display in March
because they are building garages tion stating insufficient capacity in the Saturday 19 October
big enough to fit a car. I have repeat- system. On 22 July they stated there
edly requested documentation from is enough water, but capacity to deal 10am - 3pm
Wiltshire to justify counting garages with waste is inadequate.
and have been referred to a number On 6 September the 11 July letter
of documents that simply do not give of objection was reissued. A Level BTEC ApprenticeshipsUniversity Level
this justification.” Kevin commented: “Thames Wa- Business & Professional Courses
In a further development Kevin ter seem to be in a bit of a muddle
says Thames Water has sent Wiltshire over Ridgeway Farm. Is this simply
planners contradictory letters as to incompetence or is there really a 01285 640994
whether there is adequate capacity problem that needs to be fixed before
to supply water to Ridgeway Farm. construction starts?” www.cirencester.ac.uk
On 11 July they lodged an objec- www.shawresidents.org.uk
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