Minutes From 6th April Public Meeting

Here are the (extensive) minutes from the Public Meeting hosted by the ORA at Oakhurst Community Primary School on 6th April:

Oakhurst Residents' Association prepares response to the Core Strategy

Apologies for the hiatus in posting updates on the blog; the ORA Committee have been hard at work preparing a detailed and technical response to Swindon Bororugh Council's new proposed Core Strategy.  Hopefully once the document has been completed, we'll be able to publish it here.

Swindon Borough Council have also extended the deadline for responses to the Core Strategy; their new deadline is now 18:00, Thursday 16th June 2011.  Details of the Core Strategy can be found here, there is an online response form available here, or you can email a response directly to forwardplanning@swindon.gov.uk.

Isambard Academy plans to impact upon Tadpole Farm plans?

The provision of Secondary Education is a widely contentious issue when it comes to the proposed Tadpole Farm development.  Crest Nicholson did not provide any concrete plans for the provision of such a requirement in their recent consultation, but one of the ideas that was mooted was the construction of new school buildings on the current Isambard Campus, whilst relocating the school's sports facilities/playing fields to their 'proposed Common'.

However Isambard's proposed conversion to an academy may alter these plans:

Isambard School - Conversion to Academy Consultation

The Chair of Governors at Isambard Community School has informed ORA that the school’s Governors are considering converting the school into an academy.  They would like to hear your thoughts on this matter.  Please see here for more details.

SBC Proposed Core Strategy Consultation begins today

The emerging core strategy sets out the Borough’s future development principles from now until 2026.  ORA understands that 19,000 homes will have to be built by this date.

Tadpole Farm is one of the sites identified for development.  The first consultations will be held today and tomorrow at the Central Library from 10am to 5pm.

Reports from ORA's Public Meeting on 6th April 2011

Swindon Link has reported on our public meeting here

ORA Committee Positions

Our current committee now consists as follows:

Chair:	Ian Birch
Vice-Chair:	Rob Nyman
Membership Secretary:	Stephanie Exell
Treasurer:	Andrew Oakes
Minutes Secretary:	Brychan Travers
Committee Members:	Henry Mandikutse