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Will the ex mayor support him?
How good a memory do Lance Allan and Roger Andrews have?
Back in 2014 a draft set of Paxcroft Mead Residents' Association minutes stated as follows:-
'I (Roger Andrews) have had a long talk with Lance Allan this morning about the Paxcroft skatepark and outside gym, and I have some very good news.
The Community Governance Review will make changes to the boundary between Trowbridge and Hilperton. Area 3C, South of Hilperton Drive, will bring 210 houses into Trowbridge. This will generate £25,000 per annum in council tax for Trowbridge Town Council.
The proposal is that the £25,000 should be spent on community projects and, subject to council approval, that the extra income could be put into the skatepark and gym. The arrangement will be over a period of at least four years giving PMRA £100,000 pounds (sic) for the project.
Obviously, those people brought into Trowbridge will not be too happy about the huge increase in their council tax as they only pay £12 per year to Hilperton Parish Council, so we will have to "sell" the benefits that the changes will bring, and probably have to ask all Paxcroft residents how they would like the money spent.'
Good to see then that, even two years ago, Trowbridge Town Council was talking money, rather than 'governance', for 'disputed' areas, and seemingly confident that they would get their way.
If the move of houses from Hilperton to Trowbridge goes ahead, I hope that the effected residents will hold these two gentlemen to their word...
By the way, PMRA was given another grant of £100 this year by the town council towards its operating costs.