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WITH NEW PLANNING RULES WHAT CAN MALMESBURY EXPECT? …To the Autumn Edition of the Malmesbury So, We Hope You’Ll Now Read the Rest of the Jackdaw WITH NEW PLANNING RULES WHAT CAN MALMESBURY EXPECT? …to the Autumn edition of The Malmesbury So, we hope you’ll now read the rest of the Jackdaw. magazine before you put it into the recycling bin. May we be the among first to wish you a Very ***** We hope everyone has enjoyed the summer as far Christmas and a ***** New Year. Please insert any as possible and you’re not too down about the adjective you feel appropriate depending on Boris’s prospect of the dark nights. latest pronouncement. First, an apology to all who have tried unsuccessfully Best wishes, to contact us by email. We had a problem which prevented some messages from reaching us. We Richard, Raphe and Andy now have new email addresses – see “Contact” The Malmesbury Jackdaw Team below. Please use these for all future communication. IN REMEMBRANCE It’s obviously been a strange year with many of the At this time of year, we’d like to pay our respects to things we’d normally report on not happening, but all those who fought and died in the First and we hope you enjoy what we’ve compiled. In Second World Wars to preserve the freedom we still particular, we’re really pleased to be able to include enjoy. In particular, are thoughts are with those a message from Malmsbury (no “e”) in Victoria, who left Malmesbury to fight and didn’t come Australia which bears out that it’s not just us going home. May they rest in peace. through this weird experience. Another article asks whether our town needs a new identity to help it emerge from any coronavirus initiated economic gloom. The picture on the front cover is our suggestion- Malmesvegas. As ever, thank you to our advertisers, deliverers and contributors – there’s no way we could do this without you. If you’d like to advertise, deliver or send us an article or photo we’d love to hear from you. We’re especially keen to hear from our younger residents with your thoughts on Malmesbury and any activities you’ve been involved in for the benefit of others– with your parent or guardian’s permission, you could feature in the next edition. For this edition the word search will be on the website. We’re always looking for stories to include so if you’re aware of something interesting or important relating to Malmesbury then please check out the editorial policy on our website (www.themalmesburyjackdaw.co.uk) and submit an article. If you would like to discuss any ideas you might have first then drop our editor an -e mail. To contribute contact Andy at [email protected] To place an advert contact Raphe at [email protected] For the website or distribution contact Richard at [email protected] Local Issues Following on from our recent article, here’s an An application has been made to build a Gabion update on the current planning situation in Wall (a retaining wall made of wire cages filled with Malmesbury. rock), infilling, tree planting and change of use from agricultural land to family leisure woodland on the Filands Development land between Waitrose and Baskerville. As stated in the last edition, the Could this lead to further approval to build an extra 71 development of the site in the homes on Filands arose primarily future? Who knows? Our as a result of Wiltshire Council’s pictures, whilst a bit extreme, failure to maintain a 5-year show what could happen. supply of land for housing. In addition, Bloor Homes has Aldi applied to be released from the The sticking point on this obligation to provide a new Before application seems to have been primary school on Filands which the Section 106 agreement, was one of the conditions set made between the developers within the planning appeal and the planning authority decision for the first phase of (Wiltshire Council). A Section 106 building on the site. It seems that is a legal agreement between an discussions between Bloor applicant seeking planning Homes and Wiltshire Council permission and the planning regarding the transfer of land to After authority and can confer build the new primary school obligations on the developer to have not progressed, resulting in Bloor applying to withdraw. Whilst it was always possible that this condition would not be enforced, we can only hope that Wiltshire Council “ups its game” when trying to satisfy the need for primary school places in Malmesbury which will be exacerbated by the addition of more family homes. Land at Park Road Again, Wiltshire Council’s lack of a 5-year plan for the supply of land for housing has enabled Hannick Homes to submit an outline planning application to build on land at Park Road. Leaflets distributed to homes in Malmesbury by Hannick Homes quote the following, “Wiltshire Council cannot currently demonstrate a 5-year housing land supply and the Malmesbury Neighbourhood Plan was made over 5 years ago (February 2015). In these circumstances the NPFF (National Planning Policy Framework) sets out presumption in favour of developments in sustainable locations“. This emphasizes the potential impact that indiscriminate planning applications could now have on our town. Land Adjacent to Waitrose Cont’d Snippet ease the impact of the proposed development on the local community and infrastructure. It’s now resolved, but there appears to be no provision in the agreement for a financial contribution from the developers to compensate forany impact on existing local businesses caused by the development. In that respect, the planning authority doesn’t seem to have thought much about the town when compiling the agreement. Before anyone says it, we know that the Aldi site is in a different parish to most of the businesses in Malmesbury. Before Are we downhearted? Well, probably…a bit. After We’re not judging whether these applications and decisions are right or wrong, we just want to make residents aware of what’s driving a lot of the current activity around land development and where the responsibility lies. With the current level of planning approvals seemingly driven by Wiltshire’s housing supply situation and the government’s proposed changes to the planning regulations, could the scene below become the norm? The vision of Malmesbury High Street shown on our front cover may be a glimpse of the future. Keep smiling! Community An update from David Grogan, Practice Manager times of COVID was deemed too great. This has recently been reviewed and relaxed nationally and When the pandemic hit, every UK practice was we’re now holding a weekly clinic to provide limited instructed to conduct consultations in a safe, access to patients needing the procedure, but the socially distanced format, i.e. via telephone or rules are tight and restrictive. It might be worth video. For the safety of the patient and the clinician, noting that NHS Wiltshire CCG does not fund this “face to face” and home visits could only be procedure, so many practices locally don’t provide considered if remote methods were insufficient, and the service at all. of course when clinically essential (e.g. a need for a doctor or nurse to physically examine the patient). We’re aware that getting through by phone has been more difficult recently. This is because, with For this approach to work, all appointment requests these newer ways of working, the number and are passed to a GP to assess via an initial phone call length of calls has increased significantly across the and, if the matter cannot be resolved at that time or whole day. We’ve now doubled the number of lines via a follow up call or using video/photographs, then from 15 to 30 which will make contacting us easier. a face to face appointment at the surgery will be To improve access further, it would be helpful if offered. Hundreds of patients are actually seen at patients with routine or general enquiries could the surgery every week. Currently, about 20% of GP avoid contacting us during the peak time of 8 a.m. consultations at MPCC are face to face. Nurses’ to 10 a.m., allowing more urgent calls to be appointments are slightly different as our reception prioritised. staff know which treatments/procedures can be booked in, but again, if advice can be given by We’re now well into the flu vaccinations season and phone, our nurses will do so. the uptake seems to be the highest ever! We’re still awaiting national guidance (and supplies) on This new approach has been adopted by staff and vaccinating the new patient groups being offered patients alike with more success than we could have the vaccine – especially 50 plus. As soon as we get hoped for. We’re constantly looking to improve our clarity, we’ll be calling these new groups in. Our service and are gradually reintroducing some of the sessions to date have been a great success with ‘old ways’ when it’s safe. There are several ‘new many patients who were apprehensive about ways’ of working that have gone well so we’ll keep coming to the surgery commenting on how efficient those, e.g. many working patients appreciate the and safe it was for them. The staff who’ve made option of a video consultation with their GP, them run so well really appreciate the many avoiding a trip to the surgery. compliments given to them and posted on Social A service that was halted was Ear Syringing as the Media …Thank You! risk to nursing staff performing the procedure in Local Sport Gordon Williams continues his reflections on on tour stays on tour! Malmesbury’s recent past with a look at the short- Things were going well and it was decided to join up lived but fondly remembered rugby club.
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