I run a small Blackdowns retirement business for horses. The roads will be dangerous to ride on with extra traffic. The noise, lights and peloton will be horrendous. Green fields are being taken away from our beautiful quiet countryside. This impacts on the farming and increases exports.. The whole development should be stopped Now.
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Victoria Walker
2 months ago
The proposed Black down development is totally inappropriate for the area which is right on the edge of an AONB.
country lanes will be be ruined,
. Good farmland ruined
. Difficult access for town's people to get to the countryside for recreation will be caused
.Access to Taunton will require more roads, bridges to be built
.sewage, electricity,water provision and more will ruin beautiful countryside and views
.the 'village/town development ' will just become a dormitory town. There are alrea
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Richard McCarthy
2 months ago
It's a beautiful area.
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Hannah Johnson
2 months ago
This is a lovely peaceful area and with houses it will ruin a lot of people’s wellbeing
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Susan Yard
2 months ago
There should not be such a large housing development right next to the AONB and Thurlbear Wood. During 2014 floods this area was badly flooded. Building here would be catastrophic. It regularly floods at Orchard Portman, and this development will make things 10 times worse. Poor decision by the Crown Estate/Treasury to sell off good quality agricultural land (very cheaply) for housing. Use brown sites instead. Keep fields for growing food.
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Julia T
2 months ago
Taunton is overwhelmed with new developments that are already putting huge pressure on local resources. The impact of already approved projects such as Orchard Grove, must be reviewed, the impact on local communities and services has to be assessed and funded before any more large scale developments are considered.
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Claire Harris
2 months ago
Travelled via Corfe into Taunton daily for 20 years and traffic and queuing almost doubled the journey time.The road system will struggle with any extra traffic.Will the hospital be able to cope,it struggles now
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Supporter
2 months ago
Once we lose our farmland then it is gone forever, once we encroach on the blackdowns then further encroachments will occur. Calling this build a ‘village’ is nonsense. It’s huge. We don’t have the water to supply such a big estate.
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Claire Johnson
2 months ago
Taunton is already at over capacity. Musgrove Park Hospital, Dentists, Schools. The frequent closures of the M5, and the resulting traffic pushed through small towns and country lanes. Adding another housing estate by removing when existing infrastructure has already failed is pure greed from those who do not live here. Removing green spaces is damaging to both wildlife and the humans who currently live here. Common sense should prevail. Taunton does not need this.
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Steve Wheeler
2 months ago
This proposal is an attack on rural England, should be totally rejected.
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Nick Lee
2 months ago
How can this huge development be acceptable?Not only is this a beautiful stretch of farmland that is very productive, it acts as a greenbelt to protect the lovely Somerset villages in the area. It would be an absolute sacrilege to destroy this irreplaceable farmland.
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Supporter
2 months ago
Protect our countryside. Too many houses being built around Taunton.
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Susan Hilling
2 months ago
There has already been too much building with no adequate infrastructure. This is an area of outstanding beauty; please let's keep it that way
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Victoria Heavisides
2 months ago
It's absolutely outrageous how many beautiful areas of our gorgeous countryside are being laid to waste by more houses. Please fill up all the empty houses across Somerset.
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Hannah Kings
2 months ago
The country side isn’t ours to take wildlife needs supporting and all we are doing is destroying it whilst making inadequate replacements
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Jan Kedward
2 months ago
Good agricultural land needs to be preserved. Build on brown field sites.
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Ben Coleman
2 months ago
I do not believe in the project
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Matthew Northwood
2 months ago
This project threatens to ruin the Blackdown vale which is enjoyed by so many in its current state. This is not in keeping with the existing village or community.
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Marilyn Mann
2 months ago
The infrastructure of the area is inadequate, roads into town are overloaded, services like Health, Schools etc are poorly equipped to deal with this number of dwellings. Farmland is being devastated and the quality of life for existing residents of Taunton will be much reduced.
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Stephen Newton
2 months ago
Will spoil this area for good, loss of ammeineties
I run a small Blackdowns retirement business for horses. The roads will be dangerous to ride on with extra traffic. The noise, lights and peloton will be horrendous. Green fields are being taken away from our beautiful quiet countryside. This impacts on the farming and increases exports.. The whole development should be stopped Now.
The proposed Black down development is totally inappropriate for the area which is right on the edge of an AONB. country lanes will be be ruined, . Good farmland ruined . Difficult access for town's people to get to the countryside for recreation will be caused .Access to Taunton will require more roads, bridges to be built .sewage, electricity,water provision and more will ruin beautiful countryside and views .the 'village/town development ' will just become a dormitory town. There are alrea
It's a beautiful area.
This is a lovely peaceful area and with houses it will ruin a lot of people’s wellbeing
There should not be such a large housing development right next to the AONB and Thurlbear Wood. During 2014 floods this area was badly flooded. Building here would be catastrophic. It regularly floods at Orchard Portman, and this development will make things 10 times worse. Poor decision by the Crown Estate/Treasury to sell off good quality agricultural land (very cheaply) for housing. Use brown sites instead. Keep fields for growing food.
Taunton is overwhelmed with new developments that are already putting huge pressure on local resources. The impact of already approved projects such as Orchard Grove, must be reviewed, the impact on local communities and services has to be assessed and funded before any more large scale developments are considered.
Travelled via Corfe into Taunton daily for 20 years and traffic and queuing almost doubled the journey time.The road system will struggle with any extra traffic.Will the hospital be able to cope,it struggles now
Once we lose our farmland then it is gone forever, once we encroach on the blackdowns then further encroachments will occur. Calling this build a ‘village’ is nonsense. It’s huge. We don’t have the water to supply such a big estate.
Taunton is already at over capacity. Musgrove Park Hospital, Dentists, Schools. The frequent closures of the M5, and the resulting traffic pushed through small towns and country lanes. Adding another housing estate by removing when existing infrastructure has already failed is pure greed from those who do not live here. Removing green spaces is damaging to both wildlife and the humans who currently live here. Common sense should prevail. Taunton does not need this.
This proposal is an attack on rural England, should be totally rejected.
How can this huge development be acceptable?Not only is this a beautiful stretch of farmland that is very productive, it acts as a greenbelt to protect the lovely Somerset villages in the area. It would be an absolute sacrilege to destroy this irreplaceable farmland.
Protect our countryside. Too many houses being built around Taunton.
There has already been too much building with no adequate infrastructure. This is an area of outstanding beauty; please let's keep it that way
It's absolutely outrageous how many beautiful areas of our gorgeous countryside are being laid to waste by more houses. Please fill up all the empty houses across Somerset.
The country side isn’t ours to take wildlife needs supporting and all we are doing is destroying it whilst making inadequate replacements
Good agricultural land needs to be preserved. Build on brown field sites.
I do not believe in the project
This project threatens to ruin the Blackdown vale which is enjoyed by so many in its current state. This is not in keeping with the existing village or community.
The infrastructure of the area is inadequate, roads into town are overloaded, services like Health, Schools etc are poorly equipped to deal with this number of dwellings. Farmland is being devastated and the quality of life for existing residents of Taunton will be much reduced.
Will spoil this area for good, loss of ammeineties