DEMANDS are being made for former council chairman Roy Jackson to be kicked out after he swore at a colleague and stormed out of a meeting.

The veteran Corsham councillor lost his temper at a North Wiltshire District Council planning meeting last week.

The row erupted when the committee was debating a scheme for a house in Grove Road, Corsham.

Cllr Jackson had proposed the scheme be turned down, but did not hear a colleague suggest they look at the site before deciding.

The row erupted when he said he was not happy, and chairman Peter Davis told him he was a bad loser.

Cllr Jackson, who has been council chairman three times, said: "You're a bloody hopeless chair. It's about time you started running this meeting properly."

Cllr Davis appealed to council leader David Packham to make an official note of what had been said.

He said: "Can I please ask the leader to make a note of the kind of statements I am having to put up with while chairing this meeting?"

Cllr Davis said: "I'm afraid he is one of those councillors who is not prepared to accept a majority decision if it doesn't go along with his way of thinking and I shall be recommending he no longer sits on my committee.

"I am not prepared to be talked to by Cllr Jackson or any other councillor in that manner. It disrupted the whole meeting."

Cllr Jackson said: "Maybe I got a bit carried away. Planning and me don't agree and I can't get my head round it.

"I wasn't aware there was a proposal for a viewing and Peter Davis didn't make it very clear from the chair, but I was a bit naughty perhaps in having a go at him."