Jessica Moriarty
Local Democracy Reporter at Newsquest
Local Democracy Reporter at the Wiltshire Times for BBC partners, content on @bbcwiltshire, @itvwestcountry, @wiltsgazette, @swindonadver etc.
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3 weeks ago |
somersetlive.co.uk | Jessica Moriarty
The next stage of a 1,000-home development on the edge of Chippenham has been approved. Wiltshire Council has given the green light on the reserved matters application for phase five of the Rowden Park project on Patterdown Road. This part of the project has determined the design and layout of a further 134 homes submitted by Bellway Homes. Chippenham Town Council has maintained its objection throughout, despite revised plans being proposed earlier this year.
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4 weeks ago |
somersetlive.co.uk | Jessica Moriarty
Wiltshire Council has refused plans for a 114-hectare solar park south of the M4. Exagen Development Limited submitted the original application in December 2023 for a 23MW renewable energy park to the west of Lyneham substation, north of the Great Western Mainline, to the west of Dauntsey Lock.
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4 weeks ago |
somersetlive.co.uk | Jessica Moriarty
Major construction has been given the go-ahead at the Stonehenge visitor centre, as Wiltshire Council has approved a planning application for new education facilities. English Heritage submitted the application to the council in November 2023, which requested permission to construct two new buildings approximately 2.5 miles to the west of the Stonehenge Circle.
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1 month ago |
wiltshiretimes.co.uk | Jessica Moriarty
The design first submitted five years ago. (Image: Montpelier Estates) Plans to build a new care home in Trowbridge have been resubmitted to the council. Healthcare developer Montpelier Estates previously applied for permission to construct an 80-bedroom care home on land off Bradford Road before the plans were withdrawn in 2021. Now, the plans are active again on the Wiltshire planning and building control public register, with a deadline date for a council decision in mid-May.
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1 month ago |
wiltshiretimes.co.uk | Jessica Moriarty
The development would have been located within the existing field pattern across 10 fields in total. (Image: Exagen Development Limited) Wiltshire Council has refused plans for a 114-hectare solar park south of the M4. Exagen Development Limited submitted the original application in December 2023 for a 23MW renewable energy park to the west of Lyneham substation, north of the Great Western Mainline, to the west of Dauntsey Lock.
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After a brilliant year and a half, this is my last week as a Local Democracy Reporter. I am so grateful for the experience and the friendships I’ve made with colleagues in Wiltshire. Looking ahead, I'm excited to join the ITV West Country team as a Production Journalist in April.
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On BBC Wiltshire bulletins this weekend with the reaction to Wiltshire, Dorset, Somerset & BCP Councils being left out of the Devolution Priority Programme. Frustration from council leader Richard Clewer but the government says the Heart of Wessex is “not ready” to be included. https://t.co/d0XAaGSmGZ