Councillors query comments in support of Sidings development
A CONTROVERSIAL proposed housing development has apparently been backed by almost a dozen members of staff at the estate agency linked to the plans. A former Swindon mayor says it is “bang out of order” that the authors of 11 comments to the borough council’s planning department in support of the Newburn Sidings development, which appear to have been written by staff at the Richard James estate agency, have not declared an interest. One Swindon Ltd, of which Richard James is a director, has submitted an application to build more than 350 new homes on the site beside the railway ...
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