At a public meeting held in Wanborough to discuss the proposed Eastern Village plans, the Swindon Borough Council Lead Member for Planning, Cllr Peter Greenhalgh, unexpectedly seemed to come out in support of ORA over Tadpole Farm!
He is quoted as saying that the "council was trying not to make the same mistakes as in north Swindon, with its sprawling mass of housing and overloaded transport network", seemingly agreeing with ORA that the roads in Oakhurst and the rest of North Swindon are already overloaded and cannot take anymore houses.
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