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Old Town: A revamped plan to change 34 Dover Street to an eight-person house of multiple occupation has been turned down. Developer Phillip Brett had a similar application turned down in March 2020. It included a bid for retrospective permission for an existing two-storey rear extension – meaning the addition was put up without the relevant consent – as well as a new permission for a further single-storey extension. But officers have turned down the proposal because of lack of parking. The decision said: “Inadequate provision is made for the parking of cars on the site, with a con...

A Mercedes driver was warned “all options are open” after he admitted dangerous driving. Appearing before Swindon Crown Court, Reuben Martins, 22, of Volta Road, Broadgreen, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and driving on a faulty front nearside tyre. The dangerous driving is said to have taken place between Queens Drive and Windsor Road, Old Walcot, on April 22 last year. Martins was driving a 2019-plate Mercedes C300. Bailing him to return to court for sentence on February 10, Judge Jason Taylor QC told the defendant: “You’ve pleaded guilty today. You will be given credit...