The Blackdowns are my home. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty that should be protected. A settlement of this size should never be approved. The damage to landscape, communities and environment would be irreversible.
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Carol Winter
3 months ago
This is just one step too far. Musgrove A&E is bursting at the seams, doctors surgeries, schools, reservoirs, sewer systems roads need all to be updated before any new houses are built.
The wildlife and natural spaces that will be destroyed is terrible. You are going to ruin this whole area and affect people’s quality of life even more, not just for Taunton but surrounding towns too.
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YULIIA VASYLYSHYNA
3 months ago
I live in Blackdown Hils
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Alison Jones
3 months ago
Too much traffic in this area already with the M5 closed frequently, which results in all other roads congested.
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Kate Edgecock
3 months ago
This needs to stop. I live right next to the houses being built in Staplegrove. There will be no open spaces left at this rate. Not to mention the lack of infrastructure. Where are the new schools, hospital and GP practices for all these extra residents?!!
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Ashley Gibson
3 months ago
I love the blackdown hills and don't want it too be butchered by 1000s of new cardboard box houses we don't need.
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Stephen Matthews
3 months ago
Why wouldn’t I sign this! Lovely area and should definitely stay as it is.
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Emily Berriman
3 months ago
There is no need for a development in this beautiful area
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Emma McDaid
3 months ago
A development motivated by greed rather than need. Crown land should never have been sold as agricultural land for an absolute steal to developers. It’s not difficult to put 2+2 together 🙄
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Shirley Nation
3 months ago
We farmed on the Blackdowns, it is my family home, it is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and must not be spoilt, which it certainly would be if hundreds of houses are built there!
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🎭The🕉 🔱King💱
3 months ago
It’s our homeland!! Stop selling gnitnoff to huge corporations for your own profit. Green this and that, and all you want to do is the opposite. Stop this madness
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Lee Godwin
3 months ago
Our countryside doesn’t need destruction
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Karen Reed
3 months ago
Such an important landscape for wildlife and farming. Part of the Blackdown Hills which have national protection and this should be stretched to Blackdown Vale. Nice developed it is lost forever. Brownfield sites should be developed rather than destroy the countryside.
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Abigail Stead
3 months ago
Over-development of natural countryside with no discussion with local community.
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Anne Nettlefold
3 months ago
Because this is part of our beautiful county we have lost enough of our farms and countryside to houses. Enough is enough
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Caroline White
3 months ago
The area is defined as an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty and prime farmland. It contains a handful of tiny hamlets that simply cannot cope with development of this scale. It is not needed and Taunton, Wellington, Bridgwater and Highbridge have experienced an explosion of new build development on greenfield land in the past 10yrs. There is no need to expand further, let alone on prime greenfield land with high biodiversity. The rivers and streams cannot cope with more phosphates.
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Mountstephens Brian
3 months ago
Have lived here all my life, it would be an absolute tragedy on all levels if this was to happen.
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Nick Fry
3 months ago
what are we gonna eat ? yet more grade 1 arable land covered in gerry built rubbish
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Linda Hamilton
3 months ago
The infrastructure of Taunton is already under too much pressure and building on prime farmland is just ridiculous. We need to save our farmland because in the future we will need it all for food production.
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Jeremy Bowerman
3 months ago
This development is not needed, will be built on prime agricultural land, not only that it’s a very scenic part of Somerset . Somerset council have already allocated sufficient land to cover building around Taunton for the next 20 yrs. Taylor Wimpey paid £12.5 million for approx’ 1100 acres should planning be given. There could be an uptake value depending on how much building is undertaken of £480 million just on value aloan. Let M5 remain the Eastern boundary for Development for Taunton
The Blackdowns are my home. It is an area of outstanding natural beauty that should be protected. A settlement of this size should never be approved. The damage to landscape, communities and environment would be irreversible.
This is just one step too far. Musgrove A&E is bursting at the seams, doctors surgeries, schools, reservoirs, sewer systems roads need all to be updated before any new houses are built. The wildlife and natural spaces that will be destroyed is terrible. You are going to ruin this whole area and affect people’s quality of life even more, not just for Taunton but surrounding towns too.
I live in Blackdown Hils
Too much traffic in this area already with the M5 closed frequently, which results in all other roads congested.
This needs to stop. I live right next to the houses being built in Staplegrove. There will be no open spaces left at this rate. Not to mention the lack of infrastructure. Where are the new schools, hospital and GP practices for all these extra residents?!!
I love the blackdown hills and don't want it too be butchered by 1000s of new cardboard box houses we don't need.
Why wouldn’t I sign this! Lovely area and should definitely stay as it is.
There is no need for a development in this beautiful area
A development motivated by greed rather than need. Crown land should never have been sold as agricultural land for an absolute steal to developers. It’s not difficult to put 2+2 together 🙄
We farmed on the Blackdowns, it is my family home, it is an area of outstanding natural beauty, and must not be spoilt, which it certainly would be if hundreds of houses are built there!
It’s our homeland!! Stop selling gnitnoff to huge corporations for your own profit. Green this and that, and all you want to do is the opposite. Stop this madness
Our countryside doesn’t need destruction
Such an important landscape for wildlife and farming. Part of the Blackdown Hills which have national protection and this should be stretched to Blackdown Vale. Nice developed it is lost forever. Brownfield sites should be developed rather than destroy the countryside.
Over-development of natural countryside with no discussion with local community.
Because this is part of our beautiful county we have lost enough of our farms and countryside to houses. Enough is enough
The area is defined as an Area Of Outstanding Natural Beauty and prime farmland. It contains a handful of tiny hamlets that simply cannot cope with development of this scale. It is not needed and Taunton, Wellington, Bridgwater and Highbridge have experienced an explosion of new build development on greenfield land in the past 10yrs. There is no need to expand further, let alone on prime greenfield land with high biodiversity. The rivers and streams cannot cope with more phosphates.
Have lived here all my life, it would be an absolute tragedy on all levels if this was to happen.
what are we gonna eat ? yet more grade 1 arable land covered in gerry built rubbish
The infrastructure of Taunton is already under too much pressure and building on prime farmland is just ridiculous. We need to save our farmland because in the future we will need it all for food production.
This development is not needed, will be built on prime agricultural land, not only that it’s a very scenic part of Somerset . Somerset council have already allocated sufficient land to cover building around Taunton for the next 20 yrs. Taylor Wimpey paid £12.5 million for approx’ 1100 acres should planning be given. There could be an uptake value depending on how much building is undertaken of £480 million just on value aloan. Let M5 remain the Eastern boundary for Development for Taunton