Neighbours 'gobsmacked' at 250 house plan approval
People living on the Shrivenham Road on the approach to Highworth say they are gobsmacked at a decision by councillors to give the green light to a 250-home estate. Even the members of Swindon Borough Council’s planning committee, which gave outline consent to the plan by Gladman Developments, did so with visible reluctance and resignation. The concerns of residents and councillors focused not just on the narrowness and danger presented by the road just south of Highworth's centre, but the impact on schools and GP’s surgeries. Worries about the road and the risk increased traffic ...
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