I grew up in St Albans, Hertfordshire but chose to make Swindon my home in the 1980’s and have raised my family here. My teenage son was born in Swindon and loves the Steam Museum and all the railway history. I grew up in St Albans, Hertfordshire but chose to make Swindon my home in the 1980’s and have raised my family here. My teenage son was born in Swindon and loves the Steam Museum and all the railway history. …
Around the town speculative developments are being made in our villages and around our country parks. Around the town speculative developments are being made in our villages and around our country parks. This is being made easier by the lack of formally approved local plans and the Coalition government's presumption in favour of development. In Wroughton we have examples of the same issue. The proposed Swindon plan is going through a formal examination in public and I encourage…
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.