Badbury park residents newsletter march

Badbury Park Residents Group March Newsletter

Your voice in the community Untitled-1 1

07/03/2017 10:07

Welcome to the March 2017 newsletter produced to keep residents up to date with what’s happening on Badbury Park Royal Mail Post Box

Bus shelters

Our ward councillor is working towards getting a Royal Mail Post Box for Badbury Park. Our suggested location is the Spotted Cow but please let us know of any other suggestions.

We are monitoring the new bus route through Badbury Park, especially who will be responsible for looking after the newly installed bus shelters. We are also listening to concerns about some of the bus shelters placements.

Community Governance Review We have been extremely busy responding to the Community Governance Review (CGR) following our unsuccessful attempt to become a non-parish but Swindon Borough Council (SBC). Full Council did agree that we may seek to enhance our own identity and may merit another CGR once the development is finished on receipt of

substantive evidence being put forward to justify this.

We have written to SBC Leader Cllr David Renard that Badbury Park has a management company who can provide convenient and effective local governance but they just don’t get how the Precept and Managements work.

We are now writing to John Gilbert, Chief Executive for Swindon Borough Council that the CGR was flawed.

BT Open Reach and competition Badbury Park Residents Group had written to Robert Buckland MP on the unfair competition by BT Open Reach , which doesn’t allow residents to find alternative Broadband suppliers.

Untitled-1 2

07/03/2017 10:07

New 40mph speed limits on A4259 Marlborough Road and 20mph enforced on Badbury Park We have recently written to Robert Buckland MP on the current 50mph speed limit on A4259 Marlborough Road and the 20mph speed limit on Badbury Park.

Litter picking in Badbury Park Please ensure your recycling boxes and plastic waste are secured especially in high winds.

Badbury Park Residents Group continues to weekly litter pick around Badbury Park, Spotted Cow and Sun Inn areas.

Please let us know if you know of any areas that need attention. Email: badburyparkresidentsgroup@gmail.com

Indiscriminate and unsociable car parking on Badbury Park by GWH staff We continue to monitor the indiscrimate and unsociable parking problems, especially on Homington Avenue. We are aware that some private roads visitor parking bays are also being used for unsociable parking by GWH but we don’t know who are genuine visitors or residents.

Untitled-1 3

07/03/2017 10:07

The Badbury Park Residents’ Group does not support any political party and its aims and objectives are confined to independently representing the residents on Badbury Park

To get in contact please email badburyparkresidentsgroup@gmail.com Untitled-1 4

07/03/2017 10:07