Comments for The Devizes Guardians http://www.devizesguardians.co.uk Working for Devizes and Roundway Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Join The Guardians by Ailsa Cuttell http://www.devizesguardians.co.uk/about-the-guardians/#comment-2932 Ailsa Cuttell Sat, 27 Aug 2011 15:05:12 +0000 http://devizesguardians.co.uk/?page_id=4#comment-2932 I've just posted what was to be my subscription renewal but unfortunately forgot to put the cheque in the envelope!! I know you have moved to Osmund Road but can't remember any more of the address and have thrown the letter away. Perhaps you would email me your address and then I can send the cheque? Thank you I’ve just posted what was to be my subscription renewal but unfortunately forgot to put the cheque in the envelope!! I know you have moved to Osmund Road but can’t remember any more of the address and have thrown the letter away. Perhaps you would email me your address and then I can send the cheque? Thank you

]]> Comment on Meet The Guardians Councillors and Committee by edward http://www.devizesguardians.co.uk/meet-the-guardians/#comment-2572 edward Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:10:57 +0000 http://devizesguardians.co.uk/?page_id=3#comment-2572 We do agree with you. The Guardians do want to see better control of house building than has been the case in the past and have already queried this particular proposal with the Wiltshire Council planning officers. They have confirmed that there are good reasons for rejecting any planning application for the particular site. It is not within the areas previously selected as suitable for housing and there is currently a view that no more housing should be built before traffic and air pollution problems are tackled. That does not guarantee that the developer will not be able to build, but we will continue to watch the situation and do what we can to stop further excessive house building around Devizes. The problem in the past has been that when the Council has rejected the development proposals, the developer has gone to appeal and a government apointed planning inspector has then given permission because the Wiltshire planning policies are weak. The current consultation process on the Wiltshire Core Strategy is very important because it will determine future planning policy in Wiltshire. We want to have no new planned developments in the Devizes Area until, at the very least, the new traffic model work is completed and the air pollution problem has been resolved. It is important that as many people as possible respond to the Wiltshire Council consultation before 8th August. We do agree with you.
The Guardians do want to see better control of house building than has been the case in the past and have already queried this particular proposal with the Wiltshire Council planning officers. They have confirmed that there are good reasons for rejecting any planning application for the particular site. It is not within the areas previously selected as suitable for housing and there is currently a view that no more housing should be built before traffic and air pollution problems are tackled. That does not guarantee that the developer will not be able to build, but we will continue to watch the situation and do what we can to stop further excessive house building around Devizes.
The problem in the past has been that when the Council has rejected the development proposals, the developer has gone to appeal and a government apointed planning inspector has then given permission because the Wiltshire planning policies are weak. The current consultation process on the Wiltshire Core Strategy is very important because it will determine future planning policy in Wiltshire. We want to have no new planned developments in the Devizes Area until, at the very least, the new traffic model work is completed and the air pollution problem has been resolved. It is important that as many people as possible respond to the Wiltshire Council consultation before 8th August.

]]> Comment on Meet The Guardians Councillors and Committee by Jo Holloway http://www.devizesguardians.co.uk/meet-the-guardians/#comment-2568 Jo Holloway Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:14:04 +0000 http://devizesguardians.co.uk/?page_id=3#comment-2568 We live off Windsor Drive and are horrified by the news that a glasgow based builder may get permission to build up to a further 300 homes on the coate road off windsor drive. I do hope that the plans are widely advertised to all of us, that highways dont approve it and that we carry out some kind of demonstration - so far all planning has been agreed. The town is so conjested now - this is not why we came to live in this smashing town!!!! We live off Windsor Drive and are horrified by the news that a glasgow based builder may get permission to build up to a further 300 homes on the coate road off windsor drive. I do hope that the plans are widely advertised to all of us, that highways dont approve it and that we carry out some kind of demonstration – so far all planning has been agreed. The town is so conjested now – this is not why we came to live in this smashing town!!!!

]]> Comment on CONTACT by edward http://www.devizesguardians.co.uk/contact/#comment-2322 edward Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:42:29 +0000 http://devizesguardians.co.uk/contact/#comment-2322 The vacancy was caused by the resignation of a Conservative councillor. The East Ward has one Guardians councillor, Jane Burton, who is both a Devizes Town and Wiltshire Unitary councillor. The Guardians intend to put up a candidate for the by-election with the objective of having two East Ward councillors and increasing our total on the Town Council to five. The vacancy was caused by the resignation of a Conservative councillor.
The East Ward has one Guardians councillor, Jane Burton, who is both a Devizes Town and Wiltshire Unitary councillor. The Guardians intend to put up a candidate for the by-election with the objective of having two East Ward councillors and increasing our total on the Town Council to five.

]]> Comment on CONTACT by Robert Barnsley http://www.devizesguardians.co.uk/contact/#comment-2308 Robert Barnsley Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:33:20 +0000 http://devizesguardians.co.uk/contact/#comment-2308 Was the seat in the pending Town Council by election in Devizes East a Guardians seat? Robert Barnsley Was the seat in the pending Town Council by election in Devizes East a Guardians seat?

Robert Barnsley

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