The Rev. Mark Barrett, Superintendent Presbyteral Minister of the North Wiltshire Methodist Circuit. Presbyteral Minister for Bath Road, St. Andrews and Rodbourne Methodist churches has endorsed Junab Ali for Police and Crime Commissioner.
The Rev. Mark Barrett, Superintendent Presbyteral Minister of the North Wiltshire Methodist Circuit. Presbyteral Minister for Bath Road, St. Andrews and Rodbourne Methodist churches has endorsed Junab Ali for Police and Crime Commissioner.
Labour’s Candidate for Wiltshire Police and Crime Commissioner Pledges to Put a Hold on Sales of Police Stations and calls for honesty around spending resources on buildings or staff
We all know Swindon deserves better. Labour wants to hear what you’ve got to say on how you think we can improve the town centre so we can find a solution to this problem together.
Autumn 2020 – News & Views from Swindon Old Town Labour Councillors.
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…
Councillor Abdul Amin has been re-selected as Labour’s Walcot & Park North Candidate.The Tories are failing Swindon, it’s – TIME FOR THEM TO GOWe need houses for people to rent and buy at prices they can genuinely afford. Tory planning failures mean less than 1 in 10 of new local houses are affordable. Labour will double the rate of Council house building and create more housing for rent through the Council’s Housing Company.The Conservatives have closed all of the Children’s…
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…
Planning Permission has been granted for 440 homes in Marlborough Park this week. An application for a mix of residential development including fully detailed plans for 91 dwellings and 74 retirement homes with an outline proposal for up to 313no. dwellings, public open space and play area was originally submitted in December 2015. Construction of this second phase will begin in the summer and the first residents will move in next spring. There will be a mix of two-bedroomed, three-bedroomed,…
After years of failed promises and delays, the Labour Group has called on Swindon Council to terminate their development agreement with Muse on the Kimmerfields site. The Kimmerfields development was due to provide a substantially sized public open square and a series of new streets surrounded by retail and leisure space, a hotel, a new bus interchange, office space and new homes (including affordable units), delivered over a number of phases. The Council said overall investment in the site from…
Kinsghill Parking Changes Following on from the Council’s recent consultation with residents of Sunnyside Avenue, Dunsford Close, Hillside Avenue and Bowood Road, I can report that the Council has considered people’s responses and produced plans for a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO), which residents in these areas should be aware of. The Council received a number of objections to the proposed TRO and they are now in the process of obtaining a decision from the Cabinet Member responsible for Parking…
Central Swindon South Parish Council The shadow parish council has now set a precept and on 1st April 2017 the parish council will take over responsibility for grass cutting, litter collection and graffiti removal; the management of parks and green spaces including the Town Gardens, Lawn Woods and the Great Copse; the Old Town Library, the Victoria Road public toilets and other services. The precept also has to cover the cost of the Parish administration. Central Swindon South Parish Council…