Save Coate

Over 36,000 people have signed the petition. In June 2008, Redrow Homes and Persimmon Homes lodged a revised planning application for 1,800 houses and a 14 hectare business park. Both the University of Bath and the Swindon & Marlborough NHS Trust have pulled out of the proposals.

To:  Swindon Borough Council

SAVE COATE FROM DEVELOPMENT

We, the undersigned, believe that development of the Coate area will have a devastating impact on wildlife at Coate Water nature reserve. It would desecrate an area that has strong historic, literary and recreational attractions and destroy the last remaining pocket of unspoilt countryside close to Swindon. Coate Water Site of Special Scientific Interest contributes to the very best of the rich variety and abundance of wildlife that makes England's nature special and distinct from any other country in the world.

We demand that a one kilometre buffer of land is left undeveloped next to Coate Water.

We call upon Swindon Borough Council to say NO to development at Coate.

Sincerely,

The Undersigned

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