A hole in the ground, Shelley Street, Swindon
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A hole in the ground, Shelley Street, Swindon
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 16 Sep 2008
This piece of unprepossessing land at the end of Shelley Street and behind Deacon Street (in the background) has been a source of trouble for years. The original Victorian developers of the locality were unable to do anything with it and successive prospective entrepreneurs have so far failed to make any headway. The reasons are primarily geological as I recall. The most recent proposal was to build 21 flats and that was refused this year on grounds [npi] that included inadequate measures to deal with known instability. The planning application details are here http://194.73.99.13/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=JYSXG1PT04W00
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Image Location
Latitude
51.556944
Longitude
-1.788782