Filands

THE A429 Crudwell Road in Malmesbury will be closed for an estimated five nights from Monday (11). The closure, for resurfacing, is between the Whychurch Hill roundabout by the BP garage and the Five Lanes junction (the cross-roads with Tetbury Lane).

The original plans for the Bloor Homes site were passed on appeal at the High Court last year after being repeatedly refused by Wiltshire Council. The decision to submit plans earlier this year was criticised by the town council and residents as they ...

“I sometimes wonder if planners who decide on roadworks actually think ahead, as the diversion takes you through another set of roadworks at Filands which are single file, light controlled and blocks free flow of diverted traffic in both directions ...

Last year, outline plans for Filands were passed by a government planning inspector at an appeal, after being refused repeatedly by Wiltshire Council. Last month, Bloor Homes submitted a more detailed full application to the council, with road and ...

Installing a roundabout at the junction is one of the conditions of allowing Dyson to double the size of its research and development headquarters – and work will start imminently on another roundabout at the other end of Filands Road, outside the firm ...

More than 50 people attended a special Malmesbury Town Council planning meeting last week where representatives of Bloor Homes were asked to present their plans for the 180-home Filands development. The original plans were passed on appeal at the ...