Friday 29th August 2014
Warminster Town Councillor Paul Macdonald has posted the following comment on the East Boreham Residents Action Group (EBRAG) Facebook page, alerting the community to a rather alarming piece of news ~ that the Town Council are seeking to extend the development boundary to include Home Farm and the lush watermeadows adjacent the River Wylye ~ this has been initiated at a meeting to which the public were not informed or invited.
The proposed extension, controversial to say the least and against the majority wishes of the community, will have huge detrimental effects on the farm land, green lanes and wildlife-rich meadows on the eastern side of Warminster, impacting in a devastating way on the residents, fauna and flora of Boreham and Bishopstrow. Councillor Macdonald accuses the Town Council of acting improperly. He has written:
“Warminster Town Council at a full meeting of the members which was not open to the public but had ‘invited’ others have decided that the development line for the town should be extended to include Home Farm and the water meadows up to the river Wylye. I will not attend meetings like this out of principle. The town clerk has been (in my view) improperly instructed to produce a report based on the discussions at this unconstitutional meeting as the response to the consultation by Wiltshire Council for a review of the settlement line for villages and towns as requested by the Core Strategy Inspector.”