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Save the Blackdown Vale

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Nathalie Wiggins Verified
1 month ago

The Blackdowns is an area of outstanding natural beauty and old roads. There is not the infrastructure to cope with this development and it will eat into an ancient and historic landscape

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Charlie Smith Verified
1 month ago

To stop them cutting down Wych to save the bike trail

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Gaynor Lomas Verified
1 month ago

Other places including empty properties and brown field sites should be regenerated. Prime Taunton vale farmland should NOT be used for building anything. This is a beautiful area which I lived and worked in for 18years. Roads not able to take more traffic and not enough infrastructure despite what they claim.

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Sam Cleaver Verified
1 month ago

Me and my friends use the woods and wych lodge as a place to fish and ride our bikes

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Toby Verified
1 month ago

Im signing ts because i like the forest around it and ye

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Shirley Chapman Verified
1 month ago

Why don’t the councils renovate empty large commercial properties in towns where there is an related infrastructure for people, schools hospitals shops etc leave green belts alone

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Louise Dunsford Verified
1 month ago

We live in Corfe and too close

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Freddie Goodman Verified
1 month ago

we don’t need more settlements

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ASG Services Verified
1 month ago

Plenty of land which is brown field in areas nearby, this is agricultural and nature friendly it should not be touched

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James Fincher Verified
1 month ago

Inappropriate number of houses. Traffic doesn’t flow well around Taunton at present. Increased strain on services will be detrimental.

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Supporter Verified
1 month ago

Nature is being put last again - there are huge opportunities within existing cities for redevelopment, lots of old shops that are empty and could be made into homes. This is a disgrace

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Alison Agnew Verified
1 month ago

The impact on the AONB and the scale of a development on a greenfield area.

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Kim Scott Verified
1 month ago

We want to move to the area but it is being ruined by massive overdevelopment and the things that made Somerset an attractive place to live are being destroyed

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SM Shah Verified
1 month ago

To preserve the natural landscape and reduce urbanisation. For wildlife in particular.

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Julie Cowling Verified
1 month ago

It’s where my family live

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Julia Ridge Verified
1 month ago

There are two important reasons to me. 1 Somerset is a rural county with an infrstructure of small villages, these should be supported and not allowed to wither and die, small schools closing, pubs and village shops closing because of lack of population....yet this proposal proves people want to live in our county. We need to support the communities we already have ..not replace with thos new build 2 the Blackdowns are an area of outstanding national beauty with incredable wildlife ....why would

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Tessa Chapman Verified
1 month ago

This is not the answer to the housing shortage. So many brownfield sites that need investing in to improve our towns for everyone. Keep our green spaces green.

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John Meaden Verified
1 month ago

I’m a local resident and fully agree with all the points

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Lin Phillips Verified
1 month ago

The desecration of our green spaces has to stop. There are more than enough brownfield sites available in the county, there should be a change in the way these housing developers are granted permission, they should be made to use brownfield sites first and only build on the green spaces as a last resort.

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Lyndsay Allibone Verified
1 month ago

Take our farmland there will be no food