DEPUTY Prime Minister John Prescott will veto plans to build a housing development on Swindon's Front Garden, if a councillor has her way.
Swindon Council wants to have land south of the town turned into a housing development.
However, North Wiltshire District Councillor Mollie Groom says there is no reason for the development to go ahead.
She wants the district council to protest to Mr Prescott, who is the final authority on development matters.
Coun Groom cites a number of reasons for her stance, claiming that there is no real need for the extra housing, that the formal planning process for one of the main roads in the proposed development has not yet secured planning permission and that the Swindon Local Plan does not properly delineate the rural buffer between Swindon and Wroughton.
Coun Groom's proposal will be discussed at a meeting of the district council's executive group on April 1 at the Council Offices in Chippenham, at 7pm.
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