The lost of this stunning land would be devastating to the area. A new town would have major negative effect on Tauntons ability to cope with healthcare, education facilities and transport services.
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Sharon Huish
2 months ago
The motorway and roads to taunton and the motorway will not cope, it also covers AONB
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Will Hull
2 months ago
Taunton has received its fair share of housing in recent years in my opinion. Along with the north taunton development commencing in staplegrove, expansion of the kilams estate and more proposed development around the bathpool area, just to name a few. I do not think this proposed housing around the orchard Portman/stoke st Mary is nessessary.
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Claire Britton
2 months ago
Infrastructure is never thought about, roads will not be improved. Constant gridlock and will ruin agricultural land.
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Simon Dachtler
2 months ago
These developments are unsustainable and destroy local communities. This is another 15,000 people who will all want and need local services that are already stretched and many are already over capacity. The developers will promise the delivery of affordable and social housing as part of the planning application, a promise that will not be met. The fees paid for the NHS and schooling will not be anywhere near enough. The government wants a housing supply but do not provide provision.It's madness!
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Sara Dudman
2 months ago
This scale of housing development is completely out of proportion with resources and infrastructure locally. There is not a need gif this many new houses here - surely the only buyers would be retired people or commuters, so no benefit to local economy?
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Nicki Shattock
2 months ago
Taking away too much green area
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Supporter
2 months ago
My childhood places, lovely and green!
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Kellie Johnson
2 months ago
I live in the heart of the village of SSM and the plans will ruin my views I’ve had for years. The local school is over subscribed for local village children. No way you can build all the drainage for 7000 homes when we struggle already
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Patricia Usher-Wilson
2 months ago
Not enough infra structure for more houses in Taunton. Hundreds are being built at the present.!
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Lois Parsons
2 months ago
This development is completely inappropriate for this place - the cost to wildlife, loss of farmland and lack of infrastructure to support the numbers of people have not been considered.
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Gary KAYSER
2 months ago
Too many other unfinished developments in Taunton area.
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Czeslawa Grzelczyk
2 months ago
Someone needs to safe the animals
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Janet KAYSER
2 months ago
There are already hundreds of new homes being built around Taunton. This proposal will severely impact an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Liz adams
2 months ago
I live in this ANOB which is full of ancient sites and woodland, bluebell woods etc as well as farmland. The infrastructure is not there to support 7000 homes eg doctors, schools, teachers, shops
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Lnda Dcott
2 months ago
The area is an important one for wildlife abd agriculture. Both these would be negatively affected by these huge development. It is also an area that does not have the infrastructure to cope with any more pressure from traffic or people. It is being built purely for profit and will have a devastating affect on all who currently live here.
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Jane Turner
2 months ago
Despicable from start to finish. Paid for agricultural land said they won't hold on it, hah! Millions of profit to be had if it's developed with no meaningful tax to pay. Also destroying an area of outstanding natural beauty used by many residents. We cannot allow the stripping of rural landscapes by greedy developers.
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Poppy G
2 months ago
I think keeping our greenbelt space is important
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Maeve Vickery
2 months ago
Shocking proposal - totally ruin the character of the area, the characteristic views from and to the Blackdown Hills, encroaching on the AOONB, building on a number of SSSI’s and eating up the farmland and hamlets east of Taunton.
The lost of this stunning land would be devastating to the area. A new town would have major negative effect on Tauntons ability to cope with healthcare, education facilities and transport services.
The motorway and roads to taunton and the motorway will not cope, it also covers AONB
Taunton has received its fair share of housing in recent years in my opinion. Along with the north taunton development commencing in staplegrove, expansion of the kilams estate and more proposed development around the bathpool area, just to name a few. I do not think this proposed housing around the orchard Portman/stoke st Mary is nessessary.
Infrastructure is never thought about, roads will not be improved. Constant gridlock and will ruin agricultural land.
These developments are unsustainable and destroy local communities. This is another 15,000 people who will all want and need local services that are already stretched and many are already over capacity. The developers will promise the delivery of affordable and social housing as part of the planning application, a promise that will not be met. The fees paid for the NHS and schooling will not be anywhere near enough. The government wants a housing supply but do not provide provision.It's madness!
This scale of housing development is completely out of proportion with resources and infrastructure locally. There is not a need gif this many new houses here - surely the only buyers would be retired people or commuters, so no benefit to local economy?
Taking away too much green area
My childhood places, lovely and green!
I live in the heart of the village of SSM and the plans will ruin my views I’ve had for years. The local school is over subscribed for local village children. No way you can build all the drainage for 7000 homes when we struggle already
Not enough infra structure for more houses in Taunton. Hundreds are being built at the present.!
This development is completely inappropriate for this place - the cost to wildlife, loss of farmland and lack of infrastructure to support the numbers of people have not been considered.
Too many other unfinished developments in Taunton area.
Someone needs to safe the animals
There are already hundreds of new homes being built around Taunton. This proposal will severely impact an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
I live in this ANOB which is full of ancient sites and woodland, bluebell woods etc as well as farmland. The infrastructure is not there to support 7000 homes eg doctors, schools, teachers, shops
The area is an important one for wildlife abd agriculture. Both these would be negatively affected by these huge development. It is also an area that does not have the infrastructure to cope with any more pressure from traffic or people. It is being built purely for profit and will have a devastating affect on all who currently live here.
Despicable from start to finish. Paid for agricultural land said they won't hold on it, hah! Millions of profit to be had if it's developed with no meaningful tax to pay. Also destroying an area of outstanding natural beauty used by many residents. We cannot allow the stripping of rural landscapes by greedy developers.
I think keeping our greenbelt space is important
Shocking proposal - totally ruin the character of the area, the characteristic views from and to the Blackdown Hills, encroaching on the AOONB, building on a number of SSSI’s and eating up the farmland and hamlets east of Taunton.
Should be kept as green fields