Friday 26th December 2014
Copheap, Warminster, in the rain.
View over the St. Andrews Road
and Broxburn Road area from
Warminster Rugby Club at Folly Lane.
Photograph taken by Danny Howell
on Friday 26th December 2014.
Monday 17th February 2014
Statement regarding proposed development by Redrow Homes at St. Andrews Road, Warminster.
Warminster Town Council has recently been receiving an increasing number of enquiries from residents regarding the proposed development at St. Andrews Road, Warminster. The Council was first advised of the proposals on 7th January 2014 when Redrow Homes issued an invitation to a public consultation event at Warminster Rugby Club on 23rd January 2014, at which they presented their ideas and plans. All Warminster residents were welcome to attend the consultation, which ran from 3.00 p.m. until 7.30 p.m.
As yet, no firm planning application has been submitted to Wiltshire Council, who publish all planning applications on their website. Once the plans have been put forward, Wiltshire Council will send them to Warminster Town Council for comment. They will be discussed at a future Planning Advisory Committee meeting of the Town Council which will be open to the public and will give residents an opportunity to put forward their concerns. Until the plans are received it is not possible for the Council to give the date at which they will be discussed and unfortunately there is no further information available. The Council can only advise residents that Planning Advisory Committee meetings are held every three weeks with the agendas being published on the Town Council’s noticeboards and website one week before the meetings, so residents should keep checking to find out when the plans have been received.
It is also very likely that this application will attract publicity from the local press. If residents wish to contact the Council with any comments or concerns they are welcome to do so. The Town Clerk has collated all the letters and emails that have been received so far and has passed copies on to the councillors for information so that they are aware of the objections being raised. This information will be passed on to Wiltshire Council once the plans are debated to support any comments made.
For more information contact Heather Abernethie, Town Clerk, Warminster Town Council, telephone: 01985 21484, or email: admin@warminster-tc.gov.uk
Thursday 9th January 2014
Warminster Rugby Club Headquarters at Folly Lane, Warminster, is the venue on Thursday 23rd January 2014, for a consultation of the proposals for the residential development of a field between the Rugby Club pitches and St. Andrews Road. If the proposal gets the go-ahead then access to the new housing development will be via what are now the cul-de-sac closes of St. Andrews Road. The consultation runs from 3.30 p.m. to 7.00 p.m.
Wednesday 22nd September 1999
Warminster Open Space Protection Society (WOSPS)
Flooding In Warminster – Support For The Solution
Dear WOSP,
Since we formed a little over 3 years ago we have fought the development of Warminster Common, Bugley Barton, St Andrew’s Road, the National Trust site in Boreham Road, Grovelands Way, Warminster School hockey pitch, Home Farm (east of The Dene), Victoria Road (H12) and numerous other incursions proposed in the First Alteration of the District Plan. We have managed to bring planned new houses in Warminster down from about a thousand to approximately 200. After three years of continuous operations some of us are beginning to think that it can be left for someone else to carry on the good work.
Much of our strength is drawn from those who do not use the open spaces that we fight to protect but are members because they oppose development because of the flooding problems that it causes to them, their friends and neighbours. Flooding is a key reason for refusing development but it is also hell on earth for those who suffer the effects. This is an appeal for you to turn out to support the Hydrological Survey which has identified a need for up to £125,000 worth of work for the Fore Street area. Our Councillor members have put a great deal of work into this project but must now fight for the necessary money when £300,000 is to be slashed off the District Council budget next year. They must be seen to have strong local support.
As the First Alteration of the District Plan moves towards its Enquiry In Public (EIP) it is clear that Wren Close, St Andrew’s Road, Bugley Barton and many others are under a sustained threat from developers. Your immediate area of interest may be quiet at the moment but it will come under threat again.
Having attended many council meetings it is clear that when a group of complainants or supporters turn up and some are prepared to speak it has a very real effect on the Councillors.
Please attend the Local Area Committee meeting at Kingdown School on Thursday 30th September at 7pm (and bring a friend). If you wish to speak please book in by 6.30pm. If you need a lift please call me.
Nigel D. Linge, Chairman.
6 Swift Mead, Warminster, Wilts, BA12 8DT.
Telephone (01985) 213644. Fax 300977.
