The parish council has booked the village hall on Sunday 23^rd February from 4.00 – 6.00 for a public meeting to consider the church commissioners’ proposals for Roughmoor Lane. Although this is after the quoted date for submitting comments the PC has asked for an extension and such requests are normally granted.

 

Full details of the application (43 documents in all) can be found on the Somerset Planning Portal by quoting the reference 2025/0137/OUT.

Alternatively the Design and Access Statement,  which provides a full overview of the proposals, can be accessed from the village website.

 

The purpose of the meeting is to help villagers understand what is proposed and assist them to form a judgement and submit individual comments if they so wish.  The Neighbourhood Plan Working Group, set up to advise the PC, will be able to advise on how to frame comments that carry weight in planning terms. In due course the PC will consider the proposals itself, taking into account the views expressed in this and other forums.

Two papers produced following the Church Commissioners presentation on 10th July are now available on the village website here. One contains the response of the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group to the proposals; the other is a record of points made at a village meeting to discuss the proposals, held on 24th July. Both have been made available to Lichfields, the agents for the commissioners.

 

There will be a meeting in the village hall at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 24^th July to discuss the latest developments in relation to the Church Commissioners proposals for land at Roughmoor Lane. The meeting will provide

• An opportunity for those who could not attend the presentation by the commissioners on the 10^th to see the new proposals.
• The opportunity to see a summary of the comments recorded by villagers attending on the 10^th in our ‘exit poll’
• A reminder of the resources available to villagers to inform any comments they might wish to make and an outline of the probable timetable
• A chance to contribute ideas on how the village ought to respond to a planning application as and when one is submitted

Neighbourhood Plan Working Group on behalf of the Parish Council

A date for your diary. We understand that the Church Commissioners have booked the village hall for the afternoon and early evening of Wednesday 10th July for a pre-application consultation on their latest plans for development south of Roughmoor Lane. We will let people know further details as and when they supply them.

Mick Fletcher on behalf of the Neighbourhood Plan Working Group

Litchfields, the agents for the Church Commissioners, recently briefed parish councillors about their revised plans for development at Roughmoor Lane.  A note, describing what they told us about their plans, can be found here

There will be a chance to ask questions and begin thinking about a village response at a special meeting in the village hall on 1st March from 6.30 to 7.30.  Details are here 

There will be a longer opportunity to think about how to respond on 19th March at 4.00pm in the village hall.  It is hoped that by then Litchfields will have provided more detailed written information that can be shared.

Please could the village Eyes and Ears share this information with their neighbours in their usual way.  If you let me know how many paper copies you need to inform those not on-line I will arrange for them to be left for you to collect in the village shop.