Tag: Hook Street

The Inspector’s decision on the controversial Hook Street development has given the developers the green light despite the strong opposition from local residents and Cindy Matthews, your local Labour councillor, who was the only ward councillor to attend the planning hearing.  The Inspector’s decision on the controversial Hook Street development has given the developers the green light despite the strong opposition from local residents and Cindy Matthews, your local Labour councillor, who was the only ward councillor to attend the…

A decision on the planned Hook Street development has been announced giving developers permission to build 73 houses on the land on Hook Street close to the Lydiard Park boundary. The Inspector's main reason for allowing the appeal was the Council's lack of a 5 year housing land supply.    A decision on the planned Hook Street development has been announced giving developers permission to build 73 houses on the land on Hook Street close to the Lydiard Park boundary….

Good news. At the recent Swindon Borough Council Planning Committee the application to build on land off Hook Street was rejected.   Lydiard and Freshbrook Labour Councillor Cindy Matthews argued  "It is unfortunate that the Government’s new Planning Framework is making towns such as Swindon very vulnerable to this sort of speculative development, in areas where we wouldn’t choose to build.  We are also not helped by the fact that our Local Plan is still not finalised."

Cindy Matthews, Labour Councillor for Lydiard & Freshbrook, has responded to the public consultationI on the draft local plan for Swindon by asking that the land at Hook Street that is currently subject to a planning application and the adjacent land that goes right up to Lydiard Park itself, be re-designated as green spaces in order to provide greater protection from development.   

Cindy is implacably opposed to the planning application by Pegasus to build on the land north of Hook Street. Following the public consultation in the Summer the developers have now submitted an application for outline planning approval for 73 homes to be built at the area adjacent to Grange Park.

  Lydiard and Freshbrook Councillor, Cindy Matthews, discusses residents concerns over the proposed development at Hook Street in Swindon.

Lydiard and Freshbrook councillor Cindy Matthews objects to the revised potential application for housing on Hook Street which will particularly impact residents of the King Henry Drive and Mulcaster Avenue areas.

On the 17th July I received a pre application public consultation leaflet and letter from Pegasus Planning Group about a new planning application to build 91 homes on land to the north of Hook Street, near Lydiard Park. This proposed development is outside the Local Plan for the Borough and it is therefore it would be quite inappropriate for the land to be developed. On the 17th July I received a pre application public consultation leaflet and letter from Pegasus…