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London: Not good enough. Somerset: all fine? (opens the original)
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Dear readersIn today’s piece, we look at plans for a new town outside Taunton being considered for inclusion in the Somerset Local Plan. But interestingly, those plans have been considered elsewhere already. And the result was not positive.We can only bring you exclusive work like today’s article because of the support of our paid subscribers. They are the means through which we can pay the bills. It is the only reason we are still able to provide a free news service. It also means we can be gen
Another pantomime, another villain (opens the original)
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Dear readersToday’s article is for all of our readers.It is only possible to bring you a free news service because of the support we receive from our paying subscribers. We are always looking for more support so we can expand our work.If you would like to subscribe and help us to do more, please use the link below:Subscribe nowThank you.Andrew Lee - EditorFor the third- no, it is in fact the fourth time, press and public trooped
Bower Lane application called in (opens the original)
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This is a brief update on our article (which you can read here) “Housing isn’t viable.” On 8 September Somerset Council’s Area North Planning Committee voted to approve a development at Bower Lane on the east side of Bridgwater for 750 houses, with just 5% of them classed as “Affordable”.The application was approved by 5 votes to 2 with 3 abstentions.However CPRE Somerset subsequently wrote to the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government asking for the decision to
Politics - A Dirty Business (opens the original)
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Dear readersApologies to our readers. This article, which we initially published yesterday, was withdrawn and has been updated.James Garrett explores the background to a motion calling for the nationalisation of Wessex Water being refused by the council’s Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer.There’s a lot to unpack here but there are dark mutterings and the faint whilff of a conflict of interest.As ever we can only bring you articles like this one because of the financial support we get from o
Coming home to roost (opens the original)
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Dear readersToday’s article is for all of our readers.We can only bring stories like this to you because of the support of our paying subscribers.If you’d like to join them, an annual subscription costs £30. We haven’t increased the price for 3 years though we are now having to review that for the autumn. But as of today, you can subscribe, get 48 extra exclusive articles and all for the equivalent of 58p a week.You can subscribe here:Subscribe nowThan
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