A DETAILED planning application for 239 new homes in Taunton has been submitted.

The scheme, submitted by CarneySweeney on behalf of Bloor Homes, is part of the larger, previously-approved, 713-home Staplegrove West development.

Now, an application for the 239 dwellings forming part 1b and a section of part two of the development, has been handed in.

It does not include the employment land part of the development, instead focussing on “new dwellings and associated vehicle, cycle and pedestrian connections, infrastructure and public open space”.

The application said 18 two-bed, 94 three-bed, 99 four-bed and six five-bed homes would be built, as well as 36 affordable homes, made up of eight one-bed, 17 two-bed, 10 three-bed, and one four-bed home.

A proposed layout for the 239 new homes at Staplegrove, Taunton. Picture: CarneySweeney/Somerset Council

“The streets have been designed to have active frontages, with public open spaces within the site benefiting from passive surveillance,” the plans said.

“The dwellings along the northern boundary are proposed to be outward facing, overlooking the open countryside. Dwellings to the south are set back from the boundary and will face outward to avoid overlooking of the existing dwellings.

“Rear parking courts in the core area within the site allow for the provision of continuous, denser urban
street frontage along the spine road, while providing sufficient parking which doesn’t dominate the primary streets.

“On-plot parking is provided on the perimeter streets which creates gaps between buildings and provides for a looser edge-of-town character.”

Access will come from a central spine road on the development, with pedestrian and cycle routes “provided throughout the site”, the application added.

For more details on the scheme, and to comment, log on to somerset.gov.uk and search reference 38/25/0319.

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