Plans to build a new football stadium and 295 new homes in Chard have been further delayed. Somerset Council has been given 10 million pounds by the government to help speed up new housing developments across the county. new Chief Executive has been appointed to run the South Western Ambulance Service.
Plans to build a new football stadium and 295 new homes in Chard have been further delayed. It was thought the application would be decided at a meeting yesterday of the Somerset Area South Planning Committee. But members were told that due to legal difficulties, the plans had been put on-hold. If approved, the stadium – that would be home to Chard Town FC – together with the near 300 new homes would be built on land between Thorndun Park Drive and Crimchard on the northern edge of Chard.
Somerset Council has been given 10 million pounds by the government to help speed-up new housing developments across the county. Planning applications are being delayed due to developers not having measures in place to deal with phosphates. Somerset Council says it’ll invest the money in new phosphate mitigation schemes that will allow for dozens of delayed planning applications to go forward.
A new Chief Executive has been appointed to run the South Western Ambulance Service. He’s Dr John Martin who was previously chief paramedic and quality officer at the London Ambulance Service.
NHS Somerset has delayed closing the hyper-acute stroke unit at Yeovil Hospital. A former Avon and Somerset Police officer has been jailed for making indecent images of children. A Somerset man has been fined after pleading guilty to hunting a wild animal with dogs... and more
Nearly one hundred roads in Somerset will be surface dressed this summer to prevent further damage. Almost all children starting primary school in Somerset in September have been offered a place at one of their top three school choices. People in Somerset are being asked to record wild mammals in gardens and other green spaces over the summer... and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance has backed calls for a cap on heating oil prices. Invitations are being sent out to those in Somerset eligible for the latest Covid vaccine. A pub near Chard has closed just four months after reopening... and more
Wessex Water has been told to pay £300,000 after a sewer spilled into the River Yeo killing dozens of fish. The Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton has been given a grant of half a million pounds. Today marks the official opening of the new visitor centre at Ham Hill... and more
Yeovil College has been upgraded to a Defence Technical Excellence College. Somerset Council is taking legal action against a housing developer that owes £35,000 in contributions towards local services in Broadway. An Ilminster couple have covered the first 400 miles of their epic walk around the coastline of mainland Britain... and more
Avon and Somerset Police has launched a new five-year plan to tackle anti-social behaviour. Additional GP appointments will soon be available at three local surgeries, following a £1 million investment to upgrade NHS facilities in Somerset. A Stoke-sub-Hamdon couple whose daughter died of cancer have raised £128,000 in her memory... and more
Yeovil MP Adam Dance is calling for better support for survivors of domestic abuse living in rural communities. The RSPB in Somerset is urging people to stop feeding birds to prevent the spread of disease. Yeovil Town Football Club says an issue that had threatened it with removal from the register at Companies House has been resolved... and more
Maternity services at Yeovil Hospital will reopen on Tuesday April 21st. A Somerset woman, who relies on a wheelchair for mobility, has criticised changes to the Motor Motability scheme. Somerset Freemasons have presented a cheque for forty-three thousand pounds to Young Somerset, a charity that supports young people in the county... and more
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