The latest from Dyson!
At the meeting of the Parish Council held on 14th February 2018, we were pleased to welcome Chris Hazlewood and Andy Gough, representing Dyson, who gave an update on the works that are being carried out on the airfield.
Comments had been received regarding the “Caution Site Entrance” signs, when approaching the Wellington Place access road from the village, which had been displaced and Dyson will be addressing this problem when road improvements are carried out in that area.
Light pollution was causing some problems to residents of Stanton St. Quintin but because of the delay - caused by Highways England - on the planning application 17/02344 for works on hangars 85 and 86, it was now necessary for the contractors to work extended hours to enable occupation of Hangar 86 by Dyson workers. This is a temporary problem and lighting on the site will be addressed in the Masterplan for the airfield in the near future and as required by the relevant planning conditions.
(I found it most interesting that Kier Construction, who are the contractors working on the hangars, were involved in constructing the hangars when they were originally built!)
The glass frontage of the hangar is now in place and, when the doors have been refurbished, two of them will be put back in place. A picture of the interior of the hangar, showing the mezzanine level was displayed.
The two marquees erected on the airfield are temporary shelters for Dyson staff, who are currently parking at Hullavington and being transported by coach to the Dyson site in Malmesbury.
A parishioner mentioned the problems of egress from the junction of the C31S with the A429 and there is a probability that a roundabout will be put in place at some stage. Dyson are liaising with Wiltshire Council Highways and Highways England to agree a scheme for which a planning application will be submitted later this year.
Work on Hangar 181 at E site (Application 17/09497/CLP) is progressing and the roof will be re-turfed when weather conditions allow.
Further planning applications will be submitted for road improvements, fencing works inside the site, substations for new power connections and a café for use by Dyson employees which will be sited where the temporary car park - near Hangars 85 and 86 - is.
It is anticipated that an Outline Planning Application for the wider “Masterplan” scheme will be submitted later this year.