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."