This new development will destroy much of the beautiful countryside surrounding my home which should be protected, and also create chaos on the roads surrounding my home through many more road users using the roads that are already struggling with the current traffic.
L
Lesley Pollard
2 months ago
To keep some areas in Taunton Dean Green and keep villages not to join every thing as a huge town
H
Helen Underhill
2 months ago
The scale of the proposed development would be detrimental to this AONB, and have a huge negative impact on local communities,
J
janice stoker
2 months ago
I want the blackdown hills saved because once this beautiful landscape is built on it can never be replaced it provides vital habits for wildlife,clean air ,flood protection ,and a peaceful place where where people can walk enjoy nature and support their mental and physical wellbeing .Building another housing estate may solve a short term needs ,but destroying precious countryside is a permanent loss . Future generations deserve the chance to experience he same natural beauty and wildlife that w
S
Shelley Chase
2 months ago
The infrastructure is no where near enough for the amount of houses you are talking about. Where is our country side going? What about the people already living in these areas? The local council cannot cope with the population of Taunton, let alone another 7,000 families
F
Fred Drakeford
2 months ago
Absolutely ludicrous that they want to build on this land at all let alone this amount of houses. The town can’t cope with the number of houses and people living in it as it is. Destroying another portion of the remaining countryside surrounding Taunton.
T
Toby Powell
2 months ago
‘Garden village’ is a misnomer. Birth rates are plummeting, we simply do not need this or have the jobs to sustain such an increase in population. Summers are getting a hotter & the solution to extend urban areas is insane, especially whilst viable sites like the old market, in the middle of Taunton have sat empty for nearly 20 years. The concept is farcical, we need to fight this.
L
Lucie Bond
2 months ago
We don’t believe Somerset needs any new towns or settlements. Instead, we think new housing should happen through smaller, organic developments that grow alongside the communities we already have.
We strongly object to Taylor Wimpey’s proposal for a new town in the Blackdown Vale, east of the M5. This would effectively create a settlement the size of Wellington, putting huge additional pressure on Taunton’s roads, schools, healthcare and other facilities.
Taunton shouldn’t be split by the M5.
R
Ritu Adhvaryu
2 months ago
To save the countryside
S
Stuart Kitchen
2 months ago
Too many houses roads carnt cope
P
Pat Rose
2 months ago
To save the countryside
J
John Allen
2 months ago
This will change Taunton forever and not for the better!
J
Justin Cornall
2 months ago
Our countryside should be protected.
P
P Smith
2 months ago
Building over this farm land would be an act of national self harm while Taunton has already reached its infrastructure limit in all regards.
B
Beth Buckley
2 months ago
The need for new homes should not come at the expense of irreplaceable farmland and a valuable wildlife habitat, especially when the scale of development is so disproportionate to the existing rural communities and infrastructure.
J
jane Jackson
2 months ago
We have to protect nature.
E
Edward Hyde
2 months ago
I was born and raised in Stoke St Mary and I have close family and friends living there. I believe that the proposed development will transform an area of very significant natural beauty into an urban sprawl that will negatively impact the environment and the lives/mental health of those that live in this beautiful part of rural Somerset. Furthermore, I question the transparency and overly hasty planning process which has not provided sufficient information or time to local residents to respond.
P
Pete Underhill
2 months ago
Another example of prime agricultural land being swallowed up in an area of Natural Outstanding beauty when there are many other Brown Field sites available. Putting more strain on the local infrastrcure and health care when it is already at breaking point.
S
Supporter
2 months ago
It is a beautiful rural area,
important as an area of beauty far the health of those who live there now. If developed it will be ancient land spoilt as it is now. A lung of clean air for a large population. Covered in concrete and tarmac is no way for such important rural countryside to die.
This new development will destroy much of the beautiful countryside surrounding my home which should be protected, and also create chaos on the roads surrounding my home through many more road users using the roads that are already struggling with the current traffic.
To keep some areas in Taunton Dean Green and keep villages not to join every thing as a huge town
The scale of the proposed development would be detrimental to this AONB, and have a huge negative impact on local communities,
I want the blackdown hills saved because once this beautiful landscape is built on it can never be replaced it provides vital habits for wildlife,clean air ,flood protection ,and a peaceful place where where people can walk enjoy nature and support their mental and physical wellbeing .Building another housing estate may solve a short term needs ,but destroying precious countryside is a permanent loss . Future generations deserve the chance to experience he same natural beauty and wildlife that w
The infrastructure is no where near enough for the amount of houses you are talking about. Where is our country side going? What about the people already living in these areas? The local council cannot cope with the population of Taunton, let alone another 7,000 families
Absolutely ludicrous that they want to build on this land at all let alone this amount of houses. The town can’t cope with the number of houses and people living in it as it is. Destroying another portion of the remaining countryside surrounding Taunton.
‘Garden village’ is a misnomer. Birth rates are plummeting, we simply do not need this or have the jobs to sustain such an increase in population. Summers are getting a hotter & the solution to extend urban areas is insane, especially whilst viable sites like the old market, in the middle of Taunton have sat empty for nearly 20 years. The concept is farcical, we need to fight this.
We don’t believe Somerset needs any new towns or settlements. Instead, we think new housing should happen through smaller, organic developments that grow alongside the communities we already have. We strongly object to Taylor Wimpey’s proposal for a new town in the Blackdown Vale, east of the M5. This would effectively create a settlement the size of Wellington, putting huge additional pressure on Taunton’s roads, schools, healthcare and other facilities. Taunton shouldn’t be split by the M5.
To save the countryside
Too many houses roads carnt cope
To save the countryside
This will change Taunton forever and not for the better!
Our countryside should be protected.
Building over this farm land would be an act of national self harm while Taunton has already reached its infrastructure limit in all regards.
The need for new homes should not come at the expense of irreplaceable farmland and a valuable wildlife habitat, especially when the scale of development is so disproportionate to the existing rural communities and infrastructure.
We have to protect nature.
I was born and raised in Stoke St Mary and I have close family and friends living there. I believe that the proposed development will transform an area of very significant natural beauty into an urban sprawl that will negatively impact the environment and the lives/mental health of those that live in this beautiful part of rural Somerset. Furthermore, I question the transparency and overly hasty planning process which has not provided sufficient information or time to local residents to respond.
Another example of prime agricultural land being swallowed up in an area of Natural Outstanding beauty when there are many other Brown Field sites available. Putting more strain on the local infrastrcure and health care when it is already at breaking point.
It is a beautiful rural area, important as an area of beauty far the health of those who live there now. If developed it will be ancient land spoilt as it is now. A lung of clean air for a large population. Covered in concrete and tarmac is no way for such important rural countryside to die.
destroying beautiful countryside and farmland