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Somerset West and Taunton Council is encouraging members of the public to have their say about a planning application for 3 council rented homes at Charter Walk, Taunton which is due to be submitted shortly. The council is looking to develop two sites at Charter Walk. This consultation relates to...More
Somerset West and Taunton Council is encouraging members of the public to have their say about a planning application for 3 council rented homes at Charter Walk, Taunton which is due to be submitted shortly. The council is looking to develop two sites at Charter Walk. This consultation relates to...More
Somerset West and Taunton Council is encouraging members of the public to have their say about a planning application for 3 council rented homes at Churchill Way, Taunton which is due to be submitted shortly. The budget for the scheme was recently approved by Full Council and work is now...More
Somerset West and Taunton Council is encouraging members of the public to have their say about a planning application for 8 new council rented homes on the site of the former Oxford Inn on Roman Road in Taunton which is due to be submitted shortly. The budget for the scheme has been approved by...More
Somerset West and Taunton Council is encouraging members of the public to have their say about a planning application for 3 council rented homes at Wheatley Crescent, Taunton which is due to be submitted shortly. The budget for the scheme was recently approved by Full Council and work is now...More
We are now consulting on the Local Validation Checklist for planning applications. The consultation will take place from Monday 8 March to Monday 6 April 2021.
Following the consultation exercise, all comments received will be considered and amendments made to the Local List as...More
We are now consulting on the draft Public Realm Design Guide for Taunton Garden Town which is a document illustrating the Council’s aspirations for maintaining and improving the public realm design quality across the Taunton Garden Town area. The consultation will take place from Friday...More
We are now re-consulting on the Streets, Parking and Placemaking section of the draft Design Guide for Somerset West and Taunton (SWT), excluding the Exmoor National Park (which produces its own planning documents). This re-consultation is taking place as the previous guidance for Streets,...More
Somerset West and Taunton Council is encouraging members of the public to have their say about a planning application for 54 council rented homes at Rainbow Way (off Seaward Way) which is due to be submitted shortly. This is the first time in over 30 years that new council housing has been...More
We are now consulting on 'Climate Positive Planning', an Interim Policy Statement on Planning for the Climate Emergency. The consultation will take place from Monday 23 November 2020 to Monday 4 January 2021.
The Interim Policy Statement seeks to clarify existing planning policy...More