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Agriculture makes brief return
to Ridgeway Farm
Farm animals, hog roast and a jazz band were attractions on 16 August
when Taylor Wimpey launched its Greenfield housing development at
Ridgeway Farm, opposite the company’s West Point site.
See details of the range of houses on sale now in the advert left.
Right, Nosizwe Nichols and Jayden, 6, grooming a Shetland pony at the Green-
field open day. Photo: Richard Wintle Calyxpix.com
Fears shared space will be overwhelmed

Shaw Residents’ Association has lodged objections to the planning ap-
plication to build the next phase of roads at Ridgeway Farm.
Based on their 2013 survey of traffic on surrounding roads and their
prediction of volumes using routes through the 700 home development,
they fear pedestrians accessing the primary school at the centre of Ridgeway
Farm, will be in danger.
Read the SRA viewpoint at: shawresidents.org.uk

West skatepark won’t be built until Spring

A £65,000 project to build a skatepark - which was first discussed at the Council in the community
West Swindon Forum in July 2012 - is unlikely to be completed before The next West Swindon Forum takes place on Monday 8 September
the middle of 2015. starting at 7pm at Link Centre Library.
The project had to be taken back year. However the delay in finding a The forum provides residents with an opportunity to discuss community
to the drawing board in 2013 after new location and securing planning issues with the nine councillors representing the three wards in the locality.
residents living close to the original permission meant that contractors On the agenda are updates from the head of the council’s Streetsmart
site at Salt Way Field, Middleleaze, Wheelscape were not able to build section, the fire service and the Neigbourhood Police Team, including dis-
campaigned against the proposal. the facility this year. cussion about the new community messaging service being trialed in West
An alternative site for the 33 metre Shaw councillor Nick Martin was Swindon (see story on page 8).
by 10 metre skate park opposite the lobbied for a skatepark in 2011 by a To have a question raised during the meeting, send it to Paula Harrison:
Spectrum/Renault building, on Riv- group of young people living in West [email protected]
ermead Drive, was agreed earlier this Swindon. Tea and coffee will be available from 6.30pm.

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