Save the Blackdown Vale

Barbara Drakeford

The M5 was always supposed to be the borderline of development in Taunton Deane. The spread of new housing to the east and west of Taunton has already swamped the infrastructure of the town, so any more development in an already swamped area is idiotic. There is no business and trade in this area to provide enough sufficiently paid jobs. So workers would be forced onto the M5 for employment. The M5 is already under ridiculous pressure from holiday traffic to the greater West Country. It’s crazy

Suzanne Robinson

Preserve this valuable farm Land and beauty spots for future generations. We will always need farms in our own country

Ella wilkinson

Because the world is on fire and no one is doing anything but building disgusting plastic homes that will break in two years

Roderick Harrington

At present the M5 exists as a natural barrier to large scale development. Such a vast residential development would violently erode the rural character of the vale and the sensitive setting of the Blackdown Hills.

Mark Hall

I live in the middle of this. Utter madness to destroy beautiful countryside and wildlife. Taunton will become another Basingstoke. Soulless and bland. The pressure on already overstretched services like healthcare and education will be immense.

Harry Yoxall

With food insecurity globally set to grow do we really want to build on good agricultural land?

Andy Jones

There are still enough brown sites in Taunton Deane on which to build 700 houses. We do not need to encroach on the green spaces.

Hilary Coles

Loss of productive agricultural land when infill on currently ugly brownfield sites would do more to enhance the appeal of Taunton Dessimation of the character of the villages and hamlets Lack of wider infrastructure to support traffic volume ie motorway access and A358 dualling. Recurrent failures of council to ensure developers provide facilities ( ie GP surgeries, community centres) not only housing. Somerset planning appears to have no capacity anyway! Outsourced isn’t it

Susan Wilkinson

Destruction of the lovely countryside is a major concern

Paul Wells

the countryside should not be concreted over for ever when there is so much brownfield sites, abandoned housing, and refurbishment opportunities to be tackled first. the wildlife in this proposed new site and the nearby woodlands will flee and the natural biodiversity and balance will be lost forever. outrageous thinking and financial greed by those involved.

Jude Jones

Objection to proposed building of destructive housing in Blackdown Vale

Supporter

For ecology reasons alone this should not get the go ahead as it will be truncating two areas of ancient woodland and splitting up a wildlife corridor.

Steven Bate

Ridiculous. Infrastructure can’t cope.

Rachel Palmer

Protect our green spaces

Helen Wittering

The best and most versatile agricultural land in the Blackdown Vale should not be used for building new houses. Blackdown Vale is an AONB and should remain as productive agricultural land. Any new homes should be built on Brownfield sites or small infill sites, never on agricultural land. Before any housing is built in any area of the UK consideration should be given to the utilities, especially the supply of water and sewage treatment facilities.

Jessica Hewitt

This land needs to be preserved and not destroyed my development

David Jones

Appalling destruction of lovely countryside .

Ian Cook

There's lots of new development in the area but no added drs, dentists, hospital etc etc. We also need to save pir countryside

Helen Cook

To preserve our countryside.

Joshua Fitzgerald

Absolutely unthinkable to build over one of the most beautiful parts of Taunton still left unspoilt. Absolute environmental vandalism.