RESIDENTS at Brynards Park in Royal Wootton Bassett can expect kerbside collections to resume through most of the site over the next two weeks.

Since June 7, rubbish has not been collected from residents’ doorsteps following health and safety concerns raised at the end of May, but now Wiltshire Council is planning to restore kerbside collection in some areas from June 28.

Ian Whittles, an inspector from the Health and Safety Executive, visited the development on May 31 and raised concerns about a particular corner of the site where a new house was being built, after he saw a refuse truck driving there.

Yesterday, Mr Whittles met members of the council and developer Wainhomes to review the matter.

He said: “Wiltshire Council plan to restore kerbside collection throughout the site as soon as it’s safe to do so. “At the moment the issue is that in this part of the development the trucks have no room to turn, and reversing is a huge risk to pedestrians walking around the site.”

The corner where construction is still active forms the end of a loop that the trucks will eventually be able to go through to carry out kerbside collections, but it is closed until building is completed.

Until then, residents at the end of Hyde Road will still have to take their dustbins to a nearby collection point by 7am on Fridays.

A Wiltshire Council spokesman said: “We are continuing to work with the HSE and the site management and we will be restoring some kerbside collections where it is safe to do so. We will notify the residents before any changes are put in place.

“We have needed to introduce alternative arrangements elsewhere on the site where access is affected by the building works. “We will keep the site under review and will reinstate other kerbside collections as soon as we can safely access the properties.”

Residents David and Kay Woollett, both 65, live opposite one of the bin collection points and were dismayed to receive letter dated June 5 informing them that their dustbins would no longer be collected from their doorstep.

David said: “There is no problem coming on to the site or getting off it, and the bin men have been collecting the rubbish for over a year.

“It doesn’t seem to be common sense to say it’s not safe for a bin man but is for people who live here. A HSE spokesman said: “HSE visited the construction site at Brynards Park in Royal Wootton Bassett at the end of May and gave very specific advice about controlling the risks from moving vehicles on the construction site. HSE gave no advice about the collection of waste on the occupied part of the estate. “Advice was restricted solely to the area where active construction activities are taking place. “There may have been some misunderstanding about HSE's advice. HSE will contact the council and make sure they are able to decide what measures are proportionate to the risks when they are planning how to collect the bins.”