PURTON: An application for 34 new homes off Restrop Road in Purton has been refused as it does not tie in with the emerging Wiltshire Council Core Strategy.

A number of developments to the west of Swindon have been accepted on the basis of a lack of a local plan for the county.

Dr Richard Pagett, of Purton, said: “Until developers begin to realise that when they come to use the land of the parish that they must be prepared to build communities and not just houses, they should expect to be disappointed.”