Finch House construction work THE facades of Finch House have been pulled down after being identified as structurally unsound and in need of demolition . The work has been seen to be taking place over the last few days, and the council says all work is being carried out with planning consent. Councillor Toby Sturgis, Wiltshire Council Cabinet Member for Spatial Planning and Development Management, said a conservation officer has been in contact with the site owners AHH and they have confirmed that they are implementing the 2019 planning consent and that the current work is being overseen by conservation-accredited engineers, Mann Williams.
DEVIZES people have called for a special area of land near Drews Pond and its nature reserve to be protected. The land at Greenacres has been included as a potential development site in the town’s local development plan. The land borders the former railway line and locals say it has become a haven for bats, birds and deer. Pheasants and squirrels were spotted foraging there when the Gazette visited the site. Angela Taylor, who moved to Devizes from Cornwall , said: “You rarely get space like this, it’s really special. I’m disabled, and it’s also one of the few green places I can access and enjoy properly, I really don’t want to lose it.