Stuart Rackham News Today

COUNCILLORS have narrowly approved plans to convert an old pub into a Co-op and homes despite fears it could force local shopkeepers out of business.

LOCAL shops in a village are concerned about their future if a former pub is converted into a Co-op and housing.

30% of the apartments will be affordable

Rookie manager Alan Lee got the better of veteran boss Bryan Hamilton as his side claimed the Portman Cup via a convincing 9-2 victory at Portman Road yesterday. Lee and Hamilton were taking charge of two teams of fans who had paid for the privilege of gracing the hallowed turf for an afternoon.

But she will have to work with council officers to make it more visually acceptable. When Richard Curtis, who owned Costow Farm with his wife Sue, died last year he was close to the completion of a new house on his land off Wharf Road, south of the M4, It then emerged the house did not have planning permission. Mrs Curtis applied to have that consent retrospectively applied to the five-bedroom house and despite officers suggesting to Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee they s...