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cbcycles.bsky.social
Out on the Bianchi again this morning in the sunshine. More exploring Taunton's cycle paths, Hankridge nature reserve and stumbled upon a derelict Nerrols Farm. Also discovered Staplegrove road is closed to everyone (that includes bikes) #cycling #Bianchi #morningride
September 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
40 additional homes could be built on the #A358 #Staplegrove Road in #Taunton - a stone's throw from one of the town's largest housing estates: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2652870... #LDReporter #Somerset
40 additional homes planned near major Taunton development site
Construction is under way on hundreds of new homes in the Staplegrove area of Taunton - and 40 additional homes could soon join them nearby
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
September 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
Children moving into the #Staplegrove East development in #Taunton will enjoy a safer walking and cycling route to school following this proactive measure by the town council: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2647519... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel #LCWIP
Safer walking and cycling route planned to Taunton school from 915 new homes
Taunton Town Council will help to deliver a safer route between the planned Staplegrove East development and Pyrland School via Taunton Green
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
August 21, 2026 at 5:21 AM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
Residents of the new Quantock Park estate in #Taunton will find it easier to walk or cycle to local services following this @tauntontowncouncil.bsky.social decision: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2643602... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel #Staplegrove #A358
New Taunton development could bring improved travel link into town centre
The new inhabitants of the the Quantock Park estate could find it easier to access local services following this Taunton Town Council decision
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
August 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
Revised plans have been put forward for 915 new homes, commercial space and a 420-space primary school on the #Staplegrove East site in #Taunton: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2641906... #LDReporter #Somerset #A358
Plans unveiled for 915 new homes and new school on key Taunton site
Following a public consultation in April, revised proposals for the Staplegrove East site have been submitted
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
July 30, 2026 at 6:46 AM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
"Genuinely affordable homes for local people" will be provided by Stonewater as part of a development of 915 houses in #Taunton: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2610750... #LDReporter #Somerset #Staplegrove
'Genuinely affordable homes for local people' coming to Taunton
Stonewater has published revised plans to deliver 915 homes, shops and a primary school at the Staplegrove East site in Taunton
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
May 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
#Taunton residents are being invited to give their views on revised plans for 915 homes within the #Staplegrove urban extension: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2604449... #LDReporter #Somerset
Public event planned over revised plans for 915 Taunton homes
Stonewater will be delivering 915 homes within the Staplegrove East site along with a new primary school, 'local centre' and completing a spine road
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
April 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
#Taunton will not be getting a new secondary school until at least 2030, a senior planning officer has admitted: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2596783... #LDReporter #Somerset #OrchardGrove #Staplegrove #MonktonHeathfield
No new secondary school planned for Taunton until at least 2030
Taunton's existing secondary schools will have to keep taking more pupils as the Orchard Grove estate continues to expand
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
March 25, 2026 at 2:20 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
Plans for the first 242 homes within the Quantock Park estate in #Taunton have been approved by #Somerset Council, despite concerns over the "bonkers" design of the spine road linking the new homes to the #A358 Staplegrove Road: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2589388... #LDReporter
242 new Taunton homes approved despite "bonkers" road design
The first phase of the Quantock Park development in Taunton has been given the go-ahead despite concerns about the design of the new spine road
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
February 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
stelingard.bsky.social
Nine years ago today I walked from Rochester to Sissinghurst, en route for Hastings. I happened upon a touching #BattleofBritain crash site, near #Staplehurst: P/O Clifton died there on 1 Sept 1940. I visited his grave, near Taunton, a couple of years later. RIP 'Curly' Clifton. (See Alt text.)
A white wooden cross with a poppy wreath around its shaft, in a hedge next to a country lane - Grave Lane, near Staplehurst, Kent. There is a noticeboard next to it bearing a sheet of information. Pilot Officer John Kenneth Grahame 'Curly' Clifton died there on 1 September 1940, when his Hurricane crashed after being hit by fire from a Dornier. It was the day after his first and only (I think) aerial victory. He was 21. The plaque on the cross is from a fragment of his Hurricane's fuselage. For more information (including photographs of Pilot Officer Clifton and the unveiling of the memorial in 2009), visit: https://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Clifton.htm https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/62087 A memorial cross in a graveyard, with the inscription: 'IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY OF PILOT OFFICER JOHN KENNETH GRAHAME CLIFTON, R.A.F., KILLED IN ACTION 1st SEPTEMBER 1940, AGED 21 PER ARDUA AD ASTRA ALSO OF HIS MOTHER, SUSIE DORTOTHY ANDERSON CLIFTON, DIED 18TH MARCH 1941, AGED 54 TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE'. It is in St. John's Churchyard, Staplegrove, Taunton, Somerset. A cross in a graveyard, with a church in the background and blue skies beyond.
October 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
somersetlive.co.uk
The Staplegrove urban extension will eventually comprise 1,628 homes
Major roadworks could last 60 weeks as huge homes plan in
The Staplegrove urban extension will eventually comprise 1,628 homes
www.somersetlive.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
There is no start date for 60 weeks of #roadworks needed to unlock more than 1,600 homes on the #A358 Staplegrove Road in #Taunton - as plans are submitted for the next phase of the development: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2550905... #LDReporter #Somerset
No date set for 60 weeks of major Taunton roadworks
It will take more than a year to construct a crucial junction linking more than 1,600 new homes to the A358 Staplegrove Road
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
somersetlive.co.uk
The Staplegrove urban extension will eventually comprise 1,628 homes
Cycle link near major development could ‘undermine’ existing homes
The Staplegrove urban extension will eventually comprise 1,628 homes
www.somersetlive.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
Delivering a cycle link near the #Staplegrove urban extension in #Taunton could "undermine the boundary walls" of existing homes if it's not done properly, #Somerset Council has revealed: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2534989... #LDReporter #A358 #activetravel @tauntonareacyccam.bsky.social
Taunton cycle link could 'undermine' existing homes
Delivering a cycle link near a major Taunton housing development could "undermine the boundary walls" if it not done properly, a council…
www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
somersetlive.co.uk
The Staplegrove urban extension will eventually comprise 1,628 homes
Key Taunton road junction construction could take more than a year
The Staplegrove urban extension will eventually comprise 1,628 homes
www.somersetlive.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
ICYMI, here's why the #A358 #Staplegrove Road in #Taunton is having to be widened to unlock 1,600 new homes: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReportert #Somerset
Taunton road to be widened to unlock 1,600 homes
Work could begin in the autumn
www.somersetlive.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
Work on the #Staplegrove urban extension in #Taunton could finally get under way this autumn - but to deliver the access road, the #A358 will have to be widened near the Silk Mills roundabout: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel
Taunton road to be widened to unlock 1,600 homes
Work could begin in the autumn
www.somersetlive.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
The #A358 #Staplegrove Road in #Taunton will be significantly widened to allow work to begin on the Staplegrove West housing development: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel @tauntonareacyccam.bsky.social
Taunton road to be widened to unlock 1,600 homes
Work could begin in the autumn
www.somersetlive.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 8:25 AM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
ICYMI, here's why #Somerset Council has lost £14.2m of government-backed loans to deliver 1,600 new homes in #Taunton: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Staplegrove #HIF #A358
Government support for new 1,600-home neighbourhood withdrawn
Funding was originally secured in 2019
www.somersetlive.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
The #Staplegrove urban extension in #Taunton - comprising more than 1,600 homes - will now go ahead without backing from the government's housing infrastructure fund (#HIF). Here's why the offer of £14.2m has been withdrawn: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #A358
Government support for new 1,600-home neighbourhood withdrawn
Funding was originally secured in 2019
www.somersetlive.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
More than 1,600 new homes in #Taunton will now be built without any government support after a £14.2m loan from Homes England was withdrawn: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter
#Somerset #HIF #A358 #Staplegrove
Government support for new 1,600-home neighbourhood withdrawn
Funding was originally secured in 2019
www.somersetlive.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 9:45 AM
schools.geograph.org.uk.web.brid.gy
ST2126 : New development on site of former public house
Amazingly crammed into the narrow space vacated by the 'Staplegrove': [[7409124]] [[1138952]]
schools.geograph.org.uk
April 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
ICYMI, here's why a huge trench has appeared in this part of #Taunton: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #A358 #Staplegrove
Stunning drone footage shows work ahead of 1,600 new homes scheme
A huge trench has been carved through the countryside
www.somersetlive.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
danielmumbyldr.bsky.social
More than 1,600 new homes are on the cards for this part of #Taunton - and Wessex Water is hard at work to ensure its sewage network can cope: www.somersetlive.co.... #LDReporter #Somerset #A358 #Staplegrove
Stunning drone footage shows work ahead of 1,600 new homes scheme
A huge trench has been carved through the countryside
www.somersetlive.co.uk
March 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM