Ernie Clark. Hilperton Division, Wiltshire Council.

The application goes to committee next Wednesday.

One of my last acts as Wiltshire Councillor for Staverton was to call-in the application for 62 dwellings on the Blacklands site.

The proposal by Persimmon to squeeze another 27 houses onto the Staverton Blacklands site goes to the western area planning committee next Wednesday (16th), as do a number of other PFI affordable homes projects.

Persimmon, using what George Orwell might have termed 'developer speak', describe the change as a "re-plan of 35 residential dwellings as previously approved under planning approval ref. 07/01903/REM with 62 residential dwellings."

Although I am no longer the WC councillor for Staverton, I have had several people contact me; presumably because I sit on the western area planning committee. I welcome all comments from the community on this application.

If you wish to speak on the application you need to register with the council before 5.50pm on Wednesday. The meeting starts at 6.00pm in the Bradley Road offices (the ex WWDC building).