By In association with M. J. Sly Monumental Sculptor
IN MEMORIAM: All death notices in the Swindon Advertiser this week These are all the death notices in the Swindon Advertiser this week: SMALL Alan After a short illness, Alan Alfie Small passed away on 12th January 2021 at Great Western Hospital. Much loved husband to Mary, dad to Clare and Andrew, grampy, great-grampy, brother, uncle and friend to many, Alan will be greatly missed. Due to current restrictions a private family funeral service will be held at 1.30pm on 2nd February at Kingsdown Crematorium. Family flowers only please, however donations in Alan s name to Stratton Juniors Football Club would be most appreciated and can be made through Blackwells Independent Funeral Directors. 38 Cheney Manor Road, Swindon, Wiltshire. SN2 2NS.
The skatepark at Haydonleigh Haydon Wick: The parish council has applied to be allowed to have the 2m fence surrounding the Haydonleigh skate park off Haydonleigh Drive torn down and replaced with a 3m fence. If approved, the work will cost £11,800. The park was redesigned and refurbished at a cost of £180,000 last summer and opened in September. Blagrove: Chemical company Catalent Pharma Solutions wants to be able to install a water treatment plant at its site in Frankland Road. The company says it needs to be able to continue to discharge waste water into the public sewers owned by Thames Water, but it is anticipating new regulations on pollution.
A CGI of the self-build cottage in Highworth Highworth: A plan that could have seen five Grand Design-style dream homes being built on a green field on the approach to Highworth has been turned down. Developer Adrian Sykes, who is from Bridlington in Yorkshire, wanted to use the field behind a short strip of houses on Swindon Road about a mile south of Highworth for the detached self-build houses. His application to planners at Swindon Borough Council called it a “self-build development of exceptional quality”. But planners were not in favour. They turned down the application because of they didn’t like the construction of a small estate behind the ribbon development along Swindon Road, what they called uncharacteristic backland nature of the development and the subsequent detrimental impact that it will have upon the appearance of the area .
The Swindon roads with the most accidents involving young drivers. Young drivers are involved in around one in four car accidents across the UK - but which roads in Swindon are the worst? An interactive map shows you where ‘fatal’, ‘serious’ and ‘slight’ cycling accidents have happened in your area by using the latest police and government data. Michelle Harrington, road safety manager at RoSPA, said: “Drivers aged 17 to 24 make up just seven per cent of UK licence holders, yet are involved in around one in four of all crashes that result in someone being killed or seriously injured. “This is largely due to inexperience, so it’s vital that young people’s learning experiences on the road are as extensive and involved as possible.”