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A decision on plans for 11 homes in Berricott Lane, Badbury was reversed after villagers threatened legal action A decision by the borough council’s planning committee to approve a development of 11 houses in the tiny village of Badbury was reversed after the threat of legal action by neighbours. In December, the committee endorsed the scheme by Bower Mapson Homes to build the small estate on the edge of the village to the east of Chiseldon, despite opposition by residents and a recommendation by planning officers to turn it down. But the matter was brought back to committee by the p...

How the green houses in Berricot Lane could look A small housing development given enthusiastic backing by Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee could be turned down – by the very same people. Councillors voted overwhelmingly in December to approve Bower Mapson Homes’ plan to build 11 houses in the tiny village of Badbury, east of Chiseldon. This came despite opposition from locals and the council’s own planning officers, who had recommended the plan be turned down. The officers’ main objection was that the small estate, which would feature green measures such as underf...