Meeting over village green bid postponed (From Swindon Advertiser)

Meeting over village green bid postponed

11:42am Friday 27th January 2012 in Local

A COMMITTEE meeting to decide whether or not a popular space in Walcot should become a village green has been postponed.

Swindon Walcot and Parks community group wants to gain the status for Buckhurst Field, between Buckhurst Crescent and Chickerell Road, to safeguard it against possible future development.

The council’s footpath and rights of way committee was due to discuss the application, which was recommended to be refused, on Tuesday night.

But the meeting is now to be rearranged because only one of the committee’s five members turned up.

A Swindon Council spokesman said one member sent their apologies the day before and another sent their apologies on the day.

The meeting was not cancelled at that point, but the spokesman said two more councillors did not turn up due to illness.

Coun Eric Shaw (Con, Wroughton and Chiseldon) attended but there needed to be at least three councillors for the committee to make a legitimate decision. A new date for the meeting is yet to be set.