All  about  WC's  would-be  Westbury  Wilts  A350  Bypass    
  ...  with  a  route  in  the  wrong  area,  on  the  wrong  side  of  the  town  

... an inquiry into a bypass in the wrong place ... ... with thin justifications, or less ... ... and sound reasons to think again ...

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BS Floats in WC
Big Society: BS
Rotten to Core
Green Valley
Wrong Way
Spiralling Cost
Business Case
No to Funding
Barmy Bypass Bad for BA13
Pollution Risk
Threat to Best of Countryside
Walk the Route
Land Owners
Dim on Wildlife
Cement Works
Why East...?
Choked Town
Ignored Report
West Solutions for Westbury
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Westbury Bypass NO!

Just how much Wiltshire (County) Council decided that it knew best and fitted justifications around it became apparent at the Inquiry.    The Eastern Bypass scheme was looking as if it should be rejected.

A general impression of the Planning Inquiry was that White Horse Alliance statements, which quoted Government guidelines, which the Eastern Westbury Bypass scheme was ignoring, were much superior and had far more credibility than the speeches by Wiltshire Council's barrister and consultant partners.

All who gave evidence at the Inquiry were subject to cross-examination questions by the Inspectors. Objectors were also cross-examined on what they said (and more...) by Wiltshire Council's barrister.

The Inquiry was adjourned until 10 September '08 for re-examination of W(C)C's flawed information.
The Inquiry was adjourned again until 8 October 2008, when it ended with the concluding submissions.

The Inspectors recommended refusal of planning permission, in 2009, which the Government endorsed.

The Public Inquiry statements were on a Wiltshire Council database which was not all that independent. Wiltshire Council had included all statements by itself and its partners, but not all of those by objectors.

After losing at the Planning Inquiry into its bypass project, Wiltshire Council removed all information.

Meanwhile, an independent account of the July '08 individual speakers session.
By the way, observe the traffic-free existing A350 through Westbury as photographed on that evening.

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And here is another view of the beautiful Westbury White Horse Escarpment:

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