Development at Coate

[chalkies_shorts]

And as I've pointed out countless times before, the university is a complete red herring in this - it's purely a Trojan horse (yes, I know that's a horrible mixed metaphor) for 2000+ houses and yet another couple of business parks which is what the developers actually want to build. But they're prepared to throw in a mini-Uni campus to sweeten the deal.

So if we work on the basis that there will be a Uni then then they're prepared to trade Bath against UWE to build houses. The Uni may not be the issue but if we're going to have one then Bath trumps UWE every time.

[Bogus Dave]

So if we work on the basis that there will be a Uni then then they're prepared to trade Bath against UWE to build houses. The Uni may not be the issue but if we're going to have one then Bath trumps UWE every time.

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[Reg Smeeton]

*bump*

 A rare bit of good news...this plan has been thrown out for now.

[Summerof69]

Paul D will be happy.

[Reg Smeeton]

Paul D will be happy.

Many thousands of people will be happy.

[Batch]

I'm happy. Why ruin the best bit of Swindon. There must be other suitable sites.

[Fred Elliot]

I'm happy. Why ruin the best bit of Swindon. There must be other suitable sites.

Amen


I for one am over the moon

[Arriba]

good news.dont think it has gone away for good though

[Simon Pieman]

They should be making the most of these types of open spaces, not building on them. Coate Water is a site of special scientific interest too.

I went to Lydiard Park for the first time in years the other day which is a bit strange as I only live round the corner and I used to go there loads. What they've done with the place is fantastic, I'm definitely going to go back when the opportunity arises.

[Talk Talk]

The Coate decision is not as good as it sounds. It leaves the door wide open for the developers to resubmit their plans for 1,800 houses and a business park without the university.

Plus SBC are almost certainly going to build 700 'homes' north of Day House Lane anyway.

I don't give a fuck about it any more. It is unstoppable in the long run.

Meh.

[Talk Talk]

CELEBRATION TIME!

We have won the battle for Coate (at the moment!).

Fay and I thought that a celebration was due and we could all meet up and discuss how far we have come and also plan the next stage in the campaign. Also we wanted to say "Thanks" to the inhabitants of Lawn who have been a marvellous support to the cause and to see how we could all be involved in the future.

To that end we have hired:

LAWN COMMUNITY CENTRE HALL,

Guildford Ave, Lawn. (On the 24 bus route).

Date: Saturday August 22nd

Time: 2.30-5:00pm

You are ALL invited. Also anyone you know who has been involved in the campaign. We will have tea, coffee, cakes, sandwiches and snacks.

Jean Saunders, Brian Burrows and others heavily involved will be present.

Please let Felicity Cobb know if you are able to come before the event. It will be a "pop in" occasion and you are invited to stay as long or as briefly as you want!

We do need to celebrate our victory whilst we are able.

The Developers are appealing against the decision by the Inspector and Secretary of State, and nothing is certain.!!

Hoping to see you all there at sometime during the afternoon.
thank you.
Felicity Cobb and Fay Le Coyte.

I bet PD will be there.

[pauld]

I bet PD will be there.

Nah, I would but it clashes with my "swivel-eyed-loon-anarcho-free-market-the-lizard-men-are-coming-to-eat-us-and-Gordon-Brown-is-directing-the-black-helicopters-which-will-steal-our-children" encounter group.

And if you're going to quote from that list, you might, if you wished to be fair, also quote those who see this as just a temporary reprieve - as I've often said, the developers couldn't give a fuck about the university, it's all about the houses and the business park. They'll get that sooner or later, not least because (as you pointed out) SBC have granted themselves planning permission for a "thin end of the wedge" 750+ housing development. I'm just hoping the whole fucking lot of them go bust and have to sell their kidneys on the internet

How's your methane swamp?

[axs]

I thought he meant P.Diddy. How disappointing.

[TOWNEND TONTO]

We dont need a uni built at coate and as for the houses they want to build why dont the finish of the ones at Oakhurst ect they started a few years ago.
We have to many empty buildings in and around the town centre to worry about digging up coate or any of the fields around it.Lets build on built on sites.

[jonny72]

I still can't believe the council have managed to fuck up having Bath University expand in to Swindon. It is one of the top 10 universities in the country and they should have bent over backwards to get them here. It would have been a massive boost to the town but instead the council did their usual.

Not sure a university in the town centre would work either, if it did it would be shit compared to the single campus all singing and dancing option. Again, why take the second best option when we could get something really good.

Anyone who thinks the Coate site won't get developed at some point is in cloud cuckoo land. They only need to get approval once and its game over. I'd have thought it better to let it go through and get everything out of it that you can rather than just block it all the time.

Everyone seems to have a soft spot for Coate and I can only think they haven't been there recently. Unless they've done a major renovation it is falling apart and bordering on being a shit hole.