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
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months ago
The impact on the AONB and the scale of a development on a greenfield area.
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Kim Scott
2 months 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
2 months ago
To preserve the natural landscape and reduce urbanisation. For wildlife in particular.
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Julie Cowling
2 months ago
It’s where my family live
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Julia Ridge
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months ago
I’m a local resident and fully agree with all the points
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Lin Phillips
2 months 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
2 months ago
Take our farmland there will be no food
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Kathryn Robinson-Burge
2 months ago
This country is far too small to lose these beautiful natural areas and arable land. Stop this destructive short sighted madness now.
S
Supporter
2 months ago
Too many historic green spaces are being developed and the wildlife is already in decline... Use grey areas where old defunct buildings can be replaced in populated areas instead of encroaching into our countryside and spoiling the natural environment... This greedy developer mindset only benefits the local councils in terms of council tax.... It does nothing to protect the environment.
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Stevens Stevens
2 months ago
Traffic
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James Wade
2 months ago
Such a beautiful part of the countryside being ruined.
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Jane S. Power
2 months ago
The area between the Blackdowns, AONB Neroche Forest and surrounding the race course must be one of the. most beautiful areas in Somerset as well as being historically significant. Surely it is our responsibility to protect it from the development of housing when there must be brownfield sites or others available for the LPA to consider.
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Sarah Coulthard
2 months ago
There is not the infrastructure to support this development - it is unacceptable and will needlessly destroy the beautiful countryside.
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tom albrow
2 months ago
Totally inappropriate number of houses for a rural area.
we don’t need more settlements
Plenty of land which is brown field in areas nearby, this is agricultural and nature friendly it should not be touched
Inappropriate number of houses. Traffic doesn’t flow well around Taunton at present. Increased strain on services will be detrimental.
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
The impact on the AONB and the scale of a development on a greenfield area.
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
To preserve the natural landscape and reduce urbanisation. For wildlife in particular.
It’s where my family live
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
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.
I’m a local resident and fully agree with all the points
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.
Take our farmland there will be no food
This country is far too small to lose these beautiful natural areas and arable land. Stop this destructive short sighted madness now.
Too many historic green spaces are being developed and the wildlife is already in decline... Use grey areas where old defunct buildings can be replaced in populated areas instead of encroaching into our countryside and spoiling the natural environment... This greedy developer mindset only benefits the local councils in terms of council tax.... It does nothing to protect the environment.
Traffic
Such a beautiful part of the countryside being ruined.
The area between the Blackdowns, AONB Neroche Forest and surrounding the race course must be one of the. most beautiful areas in Somerset as well as being historically significant. Surely it is our responsibility to protect it from the development of housing when there must be brownfield sites or others available for the LPA to consider.
There is not the infrastructure to support this development - it is unacceptable and will needlessly destroy the beautiful countryside.
Totally inappropriate number of houses for a rural area.