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New Chard pressure group calls on council to refuse housing plans and save town from traffic misery
A decision on 252 new homes is due in the coming days
05:00, 27 MAY 2021
Congestion in Chard town centre on April 22 (Image: David Bell)
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A newly-formed pressure group is demanding plans for new homes in Chard be refused, arguing they will not deliver the local facilities that were promised.
The campaign comes as developers submit applications for the Chard Eastern Development Area (CEDA). Residents 4 A Better Chard (R4ABC) have published a professional assessment of the 252 homes plans put forward by Persimmon Homes between Forton and Tatworth roads. The report states the application will not satisfactorily deliver a section of the Chard Relief Road, the new schools or GP surgeries or the Holbear neighbourhood centre. The report explains this was all promised in the SSDC Local Plan and the Chard Regeneration Plan. The group says they are not opposed to the development between Forton and Tatworth roads, but they are opposing the non-compliance with SSDC s Local Plan.