Swindon given final say on where 1,203 houses a year will go, just not whether
Residents have six weeks to say exactly what they think, which the council will then weigh against a number it was handed already fixed.
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Residents have six weeks to say exactly what they think, which the council will then weigh against a number it was handed already fixed.
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I took my Audi A4 in for a service and came away with clean hands, no surprises, and a new place to trust with the car keys.
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Talks focused on strengthening ties, supporting supply chains and attracting investment, none of which, it is understood, actually happened.
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G A Plant and Tool Hire wants to keep two more goods vehicles and two more trailers on its patch, and the nation has three weeks to feel strongly about it.
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A four year wait to find out about a potential ten year wait is being hailed as a major step forward.
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The building has now applied for permission to exist as homes more times than most people apply for anything in their whole lives.
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Government wants to merge Swindon into a shiny new mega council with Berkshire and Oxfordshire, but the cool kids say the geography, and possibly the vibe, is all wrong.
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Swindon Council to decide whether a building that once hummed with microprocessors can now hum with Radio 2 and the occasional argument about recycling.
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The borough's largest unofficial three piece suite display has closed for good, and furniture enthusiasts are said to be devastated.
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A sub committee has reportedly been asked to decide the precise moment a concrete box stops being 'of its time' and starts being 'in the way'.
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Shoppers who lost their disabled bays to the recycling machines in August can look forward to new ones, eventually, possibly, subject to further repurposing.
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The Oasis Leisure Centre did not open until 1976, but that has not stopped at least one Swindon household insisting otherwise.
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