Save the Blackdown Vale

Chris Dove

We’ve only recently moved to the area because of its beautiful countryside and peaceful surroundings. We walk our dog in the Blackdown Hills every day and love the scenery. The roads around Taunton are already busy. Building in Blackdown Vale will only add more traffic and take away the natural beauty that makes this area so special. Once these green spaces are lost, they can’t be replaced.

S Hayman

We live in a very rural area with small villages and hamlets in and on the edge of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There is little infra structure, and very few amenities. A settlement of this size will be totally inappropriate in such a landscape. It will be ruinous for those living in the area and for wildlife in particular.

jennifer wisket

This beautiful and historic landscape must not be destroyed by a massive housing estate - nether wanted nor needed .

Ian Jolly

Inappropriate development.

Gail Downton

The Blackdown are special, stop building on green fields. Flooding and infrastructure is a really concern.

Adam Baker

Will cause a traffic nightmare and ruin my running route

Megan Pendry

The road infrastructure already can't cope - especially the A303/A358 roundabout and through Henlade. If they aren't improving that (which they aren't, that consultation is dead and buried), this is ridiculous.

Dawn Ring

This is an area of outstanding beauty, and should be orotected

Penny Walker

This must not be allowed to happen

Chris Golding

This land is needed to help feed this country.

Ann Jones

There is NOTHING right about Taylor Wimpey’s proposal…it’s simply developer greed and NOT community need

SUSAN BROWN

This should never be allowed,it is taking away farm land that contributes to the town and surrounding areas.plus these are villages we don’t want to be living in amongst 7000 concrete houses.

Steve Hampton

I live in the area and it is heavily farmed and we need to allow the farming to continue to have some level of food security. In addition the area already struggles with infrastructure for the current population of Taunton and surrounding areas.

Cheryl Bodily

Just too much development for the area.

Jonathan Merritt

A RIDICULOUS size development for a town that has already reached or surpassed saturation point. Devastating a beautiful landscape and agricultural productive land. No infrastructure, lack of reservoirs, and a motorway that cannot cope........it seems to be closed on a daily basis!

Jay Yarde

Destruction of pristine countryside, if anyone walked this area they would be in complete astonishment that someone would want to destroy it, absolutely disgusting proposal.

Supporter

SSSI and AONB must be protected to a 2km radius. This means the building must not and cannot happen. Housing growth should be organic and no more than 10% in the first 5 years and no more than 20% over the full life of the project.

Penny Tristram

As someone who grew up in the area it it heartbreaking to see so much land being built on.

Karen Nicholls

The destruction of the local villages and surrounding countryside that the proposed development will have is massive and benefits only the developers. Unwanted , unnecessary and heartbreaking.

Jo Bright

I’m local and riding around the area, Taunton is busy enough with out this.