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Community News

Group formed to oppose

housing next to Lydiard Park

Town Office
1 Groundwell Road, Swindon SN1 2LT
Tel: 01793 422422
Chapel of Rest
92 Ermin Street, Stratton St Margaret SN3 4NN
Tel: 01793 832072
Our family service caring for you

Lydiard House and the church with the proposed housing site marked yellow
A truly personal and compassionate service
The long expected planning “The vast number who visit available 24 hours a day, every day of the year
application by Taylor Wimpey to Lydiard know this. Even the
build 48 houses on fields within developer acknowledges the Included in The Good Funeral Guide
sight of Lydiard Park, adjacent to heritage aspect of Lydiard in its in recognition of our quality of service
West Swindon, has been submitted application, but they still want
to Wiltshire Council. to intrude upon and spoil what is • Professionally
The newly formed Lydiard Park called its ‘essential setting.’ qualified
Action Group is calling on people “The other point is, although the
who love the park to register their application seems small, it is a • Pre-paid funeral
objection to the plans - to both Trojan Horse. If accepted, the fields plans available
protect the historic landscape in between West Swindon and Lydiard
which Lydiard is set, and to block Millicent village will be consumed • Home visits
further housing development to the by developers who own the land.” available
west of the town. To comment on the application, John Pearce, centre, Tracy & David
A spokesperson for the group said: go to www.bit.ly/LPTWplan Search • Parking available ‘Here for you when needed most’
“Lydiard Park is a special place, a for: 16/06978/FUL
significant asset appreciated for the See more at:
historic, rural setting it lies in. www.shawresidents.org.uk
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Thamesdown Drive where it meets Purton Road
TDEX, the community campaign the road to the town centre and the Our Prepaid Funeral Plans start from
group set up in late 2013, has M4 via Great Western Way. £3,350*, which includes £1,250
welcomed the decision by the Cllr Des Moffat, who called contribution towards third party costs.
Swindon & Wiltshire Local the first TDeX meeting, said:
Enterprise Partnership to back “Completing Thamesdown Drive was For extra peace of mind, a complimentary,
Swindon Council’s request to central always the objective but it needed professionally written Will can be provided
government for £1.27million to community pressure to push the (if required).
design an extension to Thamesdown project up the council’s agenda. The The option of paying by monthly instalments
Drive to join Great Western Way. residents’ associations are pleased is also available.
The group was formed by seven that Swindon Council included it as
residents’ associations frustrated by no 4 in its list of priorities and that To receive a £75 discount on
Swindon Council’s lack of interest in the LEP has endorsed the scheme. these fees please contact us,
progressing the project. “However this will be one of quoting the reference ‘Link1’
Thamesdown Drive, as we know many projects being considered by
it, was funded by North Swindon the Department for Transport. If 01793 832072
housing developers and completed the application for design works is or 01793 422422
in 2002, but it stopped at Purton successful in the Autumn, it would
Road. Originally the responsibility then require government to commit www.pearcefuneral services.co.uk
of Wiltshire County, it was passed an estimated £40million to build [email protected]
to Swindon Council, but neither the road. At the earliest, we might
authorities had enough funds to see this being built by 2030. * prices valid 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017
complete the original plan to link “But it’s progress.”
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