
Bridgwater Town Council Names its Team
Friday, 20 May 2022Leave a reply
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Labour’s target in the Somerset elections on May 5th is BRIDGWATER.
Labour controls Bridgwater Town Council winning 12 out of 16 seats in 2019 only losing 2 of the seats by 7 and 1 vote respectively. Here
Labour currently has 2 of the 4 County seats in Bridgwater (North and South) and seeks to gain the other 2 (East and West) thereby giving them 8 seats in the new County Unitary Council. Here
The Labour campaign has been met with massive support and Tory popularity is on the decline particularly due to the cost of living crisis, the scandalous behaviour of the Tories in Government plus local scandals, the most recent involving Bridgwater Tory Neil Parish. Here
Bridgwater is historically a Labour town and despite incorrect Lib Dem ‘bar charts’ there has been just 1 Lib Dem councillor in the town at any level for over 20 years. Here
Labour is the main opposition on Sedgemoor District Council but that authority will be history within 12 months and the newly strengthened Bridgwater Town Council seeks to regain the powers it lost to Sedgemoor since 1974 when the popular Labour controlled Borough council was abolished. Here
There are very few Tory activists making an appearance in the campaign and those that do have resorted to illegal flyposting to try to counter the growing Labour poster campaign. Here
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Dunwear Councillors had already submitted objections with Sedgemoor Labour’s Cllr Alexia Bartlett saying .
My observations based on valid planning grounds are:–
❑ Over-development: 560 dwellings on 21 hectares is an unacceptably high density.
❑ Flood plain: The land is on a flood plain and is unsuitable for this massive scale of
development.
❑ Lack of infrastructure: No constructive provision for amenities and services.
❑ Traffic generation: Access traffic congestion — increased traffic towards Bridgwater and M5
junction. The plan shows 2 access roads emerging onto Dunwear Lane. This would easily
create a ‘rat run’ along Dunwear Lane and into the Bridge Estate.
❑ Environmental issues: Increase in air, noise and light pollution. ❑ Loss of wildlife habitat.
Please also note there has been a groundswell of local objection. 57% return on a local questionnaire sent to 300+ residents.
The development is within the neighbouring parish of Bridgwater Without who have also put in objections saying they have ‘major concerns’ which include traffic, infrastructure, density of homes, removal of hedges, that it’s not brownfield then added a raft of policy objections .
Jon Falkingham, Labour candidate for Dunwear South is a campaigner against over development and supports Cllr Bartletts letter and the Bridgwater Without Parish council position saying “We need to avoid the mistakes of the past. Somerset needs planning that is inspiring, accessible, and green. Solutions need to be regenerative, development sustainable and investment should be designed for the long term. We need to build a future where everyone can thrive.”