Eastcott News

South Swindon Parish Councillor and Eastcott Labour Candidate, Imtiyaz Shaikh and Eastcott Councillor, Paul Dixon, are asking residents living in and around Cricklade Street in Old Town to send in their views on a new application to redevelop the old Pope Brothers site, on 13 Cricklade Street. The planning application is proposing a comprehensive redevelopment of the old Pope Brothers site, including the demolition of the existing office, workshop and store, to be replaced by nine 2-bed flats and one 1-bed flat as…

Concerns have been raised by Eastcott residents and a local Councillor, Paul Dixon, regarding the demolition of the old Clifton Street School. Despite no planning permission being given, the developer of the building is currently undergoing the demolition of some or all of the historic building. To date the only planning permission given for the site is for the conversion of the offices in the building in to 17 flats, however there has been no statement of intent to demolish…

Old Town Councillors, Nadine Watts and Jane Milner-Barry are pleased to report that the contracts for the Corn Exchange were exchanged before Christmas.  These are exciting times ahead for Old Town. Old Town Councillor, Nadine Watts, said: “It is great that progress is being made with the redevelopment of the Corn Exchange. I have been in contact with Steve Rosier, the developer, who has informed me that the design team has been assembled and is meeting this week to start…

Your Eastcott Labour Team is calling for changes to the new planning application for the former Stagecoach Bus Depot. In particular residents have raised concerns about the access onto South Street. Your Eastcott Labour Team have argued that the developer has not fully taken on board the issues raised by residents about the previous proposal on the site. Labour support the redevelopment of the site in principle and are calling on the developer to engage with residents. The application reference…

South Swindon Parish Council Improve Popular Old Town Library. Your Eastcott Labour Team has welcomed the improvements made to Old Town Library, which now contains a room entirely focused at young children. These improvements were made by Labour-majority South Swindon Parish Council who have taken over the library after it is was threatened with closure. Eastcott Labour Candidate, Imtiyaz Shaikh, and Eastcott Labour Councillor, Paul Dixon, are both members of the Parish Council and supported these improvements. They are delighted…

Labour concerned that Town Centre Tower Blocks will lead to mass parking on Eastcott’s Roads Two planning applications to build more than 200 flats in the Town Centre, with no allotted car parking spaces, have been approved by Swindon Council’s planning committee. The two tower blocks will each be more than 10 storeys high and will tower over the Eastcott skyline. Labour had called on Swindon Council to deliver parking provision in the tower blocks and have also opposed the…