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ERR: Northern entrance to the Persimmon Homes site on the B3162 Forton Road in Chard. Pic: Daniel Mumby. ALL of Chard’s new relief road will be delivered – but not necessarily in the right order. It may sound like a line from a Morecambe and Wise sketch, but the decision could have serious implications for the town in the years ahead. South Somerset District Council identified the need for an eastern relief road (ERR) in Chard in its Local Plan, in order to take pressure off the town centre. Six years after the plan was formally adopted in March 2015, not a single metre of the new road has been delivered – and the first possible section that could be built may end up being the section that was intended to be built last.
ERR: Northern entrance to the Persimmon Homes site on the B3162 Forton Road in Chard. Pic: Daniel Mumby. ALL of Chard’s new relief road will be delivered – but not necessarily in the right order. It may sound like a line from a Morecambe and Wise sketch, but the decision could have serious implications for the town in the years ahead. South Somerset District Council identified the need for an eastern relief road (ERR) in Chard in its Local Plan, in order to take pressure off the town centre. Six years after the plan was formally adopted in March 2015, not a single metre of the new road has been delivered – and the first possible section that could be built may end up being the section that was intended to be built last.
PLANS: Artist s Impression of 252 homes on A358 Tatworth Road in Chard. Pic: Persimmon Homes South West. NO sites have been identified for any new primary schools in Chard despite large numbers of new homes being approved. The Chard Eastern Development Area (CEDA) is expected to deliver up to 2,700 homes between the A358 Tatworth Road and the A30 Crewkerne Road, along with 17 hectares of employment land and two new primary schools. South Somerset District Council has already approved a number of housing developments within the CEDA – including two sites on Tatworth Road which will deliver a combined total of 294 homes. But Somerset County Council has admitted it is no closer to securing a site for either new school – and claims that the town will not need a new primary school until 2024 at the earliest.
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