PLANS to get a community centre for one of the most deprived estates in Trow-bridge have been revived years after falling by the wayside.

People living on the Seymour estate have been calling for a community centre ever since homes were first built there but a big push to get one built four years ago failed.

Now county councillor Tony Moore is trying to revive people's interest in the issue and get a centre built at last.

He said: "Seymour is a deprived area, one of the most deprived in Wiltshire and councillors are supposed to be trying to improve the area.

"There is a real need for a community centre and I think it would make a lot of difference to people's lives."

Cllr Moore has approached Wiltshire County Council with regard to funding for the project but before a bid can be considered a committee made up of people from the estate needs to be set up.

"It is all very well for me to say that a community centre is needed but that is not enough. We need a vibrant committee, but the problem is that everybody is a bit down that nothing has happened over the years."

People on the estate had set up Seymour Action Stations, a group that campaigned for a centre, but interest has fallen over the years as nothing was achieved.

Cllr Moore is trying to get together 10 or 12 people who would be willing to serve on a similar committee to try and get things moving again.

Community centres have been built for two other estates in the town, at Studley Green and Longfield, and have proved to be in great demand with local people.

On the Seymour estate there is a need for childcare facilities and a youth club as well as facilities for adults living on the estate.

Cllr Moore also hopes to get plans to improve a cycle lane that runs at the back of the estate, from Innox Lane to the Kennet and Avon Canal, off the ground.

Wiltshire County Council has put in a bid for £15,000 funding to the Department of Transport to improve the facility for local people.

Hannah Cook from the council's Travelwise group said the plans to improve the 1.5km path, which is full of pot holes, would be going ahead even if the funding bid fails, using funds from the council itself, possibly combined with funds from the town council.

She said: "They have this wonderful facility so close to them and it seems such a shame not to use it."

The council expects to hear this month whether the funding bid has been successful.