#Somerset Council has admitted that it would take EIGHT YEARS to house everyone currently wanting a one-bedroom property in the county: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573652... #LDReporter

A brand new nature reserve is being created on the Strawberry Line #activetravel route between #Cheddar and #Wells - and you can help make it a reality: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573614... #LDReporter #Somerset #A371 #WestburysubMendip #Easton

95 new low-cost homes could be delivered near #Chard following this decision by #Somerset Council: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573561... #LDReporter #SouthChard #Tatworth #B3167 #Devon #Dorset

We've made it to the end of another tumultuous year in politics here in #Somerset. Phew! Here's my review of the last 12 months: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573283... #LDReporter #HappyNewYear

The future of the former Wansborough Paper Mill in #Watchet remains unclear, ten years since it closed its doors: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573239... #LDReporter #Somerset #B3191 #brownfield #regeneration

35 new homes will be coming to the small #Somerset village of #Martock following the recent Supreme Court ruling on #phosphates: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573058... #LDReporter #DutchN

#Frome residents could help to purchase the #Saxonvale site as @maydaysaxonvale.bsky.social prepares to launch a community share scheme: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572984... #LDReporter #Somerset

#Somerset Council's reputation is 'in the toilet' after it accidentally approved plans to expand The Arkade on #Minehead seafront, breaking its own constitution: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2573033... #LDReporter

180 homes will be built on "one of the best fields in #Somerset" in the new year after Somerset Council approved these plans on #ChristmasEve2025: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572999... #LDReporter #A367 #MidsomerNorton

The small village of #Oake, between #Taunton and #Wellington, has just approved its Neighbourhood Plan. Here's what that means for you: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572769... #LDReporter #Somerset #A38 #B3227 #activetravel #Milverton #Wiveliscombe

#Somerset Council has approved revised plans for 32 homes in #Butleigh near #Glastonbury - which locals have described as "the final nail in the coffin" for the village: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572741... #LDReporter

Alaa Abd el Fattah's anti-Semitic social media posts have been condemned by #Yeovil MP @adamjamesdance.bsky.social - one of 107 MPs who signed an open letter in December 2024 demanding the dissident's release: www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/2572725... #LDReporter #Somerset

Numerous major transport projects will be implemented across #Somerset over the next 12 months. Here's what the new year holds: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572665... #LDReporter #HappyNewYear2026 #Dunster #Street #A39 #A396 #A38 #M5 #Highbridge #Bridgwater #Taunton #Langport #activetravel

In what is becoming an annual tradition of mine, I will leave it to Sir Humphrey Appleby to express my #Christmas wishes to you all :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vShJ... #LDReporter #Somerset #MerryChristmas #Christmas2025 #YesMinister

It's a less than #MerryChristmas for #Glastonbury resident as the Red Brick Building admits it may have to close following the Life Factory scandal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572318... #LDReporter #Somerset #townsfund

In one of its more offbeat decisions, #Somerset Council has approved plans to expand a planned care home - by three inches: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572284... #LDReporter #Draycott

Cllr Diogo Rodrigues, leader of the Conservative opposition group on #Somerset Council, has denied leaving a full council meeting during a minute's silence in memory of former councillors: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572114... #LDReporter #Bridgwater

It's unlikely #Somerset Council will defend an appeal by Gladman Developments over 112 planned homes on Cheddon Road in #Taunton. Here's why: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572074... #LDReporter #activetravel #LCWIP #CheddonFitzpaine

#Somerset Council is in early negotiations with an investor who has shown "serious interest" in the #Nexus25 business park, just off the #M5 near #Taunton: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2572046... #LDReporter

Members of the Cotley Hunt in #Somerset have hit back at allegations by Action Against Foxhunting over the safety and organisation of its #BoxingDay meet in #Chard: www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/chard_n... #LDRepoter #hunting #trailhunting #Devon

Network Rail plans to widen this level crossing in #Crewkerne following the Planning Inspectorate's approval of 145 homes just up the road: www.chardandilminsternews.co.uk/news/2571705... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel #Dorset

The Planning Inspectorate will rule in the new year whether a new campsite can be built between #Taunton and the #M5: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2571676... #LDReporter #Somerset #Trull

#BishopsLydeard will be getting a new £370,000 nursery by September 2026 following a successful campaign by #Tiverton and #Minehead MP @rachelgilmourld.bsky.social: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2571621... #LDReporter #Somerset #CIL

#Somerset Council has committed just over £78,000 of Active Travel England grant funding to designing improved pedestrian and cycling links along the #A39 #Bath Road in #Bridgwater: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2571591... #LDReporter #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social

The Department for Transport has provided more than £24.7m to support #Somerset's bus services up to 2030: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2571324... #LDReporter

#Glastonbury Tory councillor Susannah Hart hs urged #Somerset Council not to spend any more public money trying to "salvage" the ill-fated Life Factory project: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2571097... #LDReporter #townsfund

Around £607,000 will be spent by March 2027 to deliver an improved cycle link along the #B3187 #Taunton Road in #Wellington ahead of the town's new railway station being built: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2571281... #LDReporter #Somerset #activetravel #LCWIP

New homes being built in the village of #Othery on the #Somerset Levels must go to people with a "local connection" to the area, Somerset Council has ruled: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2570941... #LDReporter #A372

A review has recommended serious changes to how #Somerset's homeless population is supported following the death of two vulnerable men: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570911... #LDReporter #EveryoneIn #safeguarding

#Somerset Council "took too long" to suspend a failing regeneration project in #Glastonbury, according to an official 'lessons learned' report: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570610... #LDReporter #townsfund

Any changes to the #CelebrationMile in #Bridgwater town centre won't be implemented until the summer of 2026 following a debate by #Somerset councillors: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2570848... #LDReporter #townsfund #activetravel @bwcyclecampaign.bsky.social

Plans to shrink #Minehead's Co-operative Food store and build 35 retirement flats nearby have been refused by #Somerset Council: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570502... #LDReporter

I've been taking a look back at the 20 biggest housing developments which have been approved in #Somerset over the last 12 months: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570271... #LDReporter #SheptonMallet #Yeovil #CotfordStLuke #Taunton #Williton #RockwellGreen #Street #Chard #Ilchester #Wellington

#Glastonbury and #Somerton MP @sarahdykeld.bsky.social has called on Evri's chief executive to launch an "urgent investigation" into parcel delivery issues across #Somerset: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570199... #LDReporter #Christmas2025 #Christmas

A planned food and regenerative farming centre in #Glastonbury has been scrapped by #Somerset Council as the fallout of the Life Factory fiasco continues: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570170... #LDReporter #townsfund

Screwfix will be bringing new jobs to #Minehead after plans for a new outlet were approved by #Somerset Council: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2570111... #LDReporter

#Somerset could miss out on more affordable housing if it pushes developers for more GP funding, a senior councillor has warned: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569891... #LDReporter #NHS #CIL #Section106

Liz Leyshon, deputy leader of #Somerset Council, has been cleared of having any conflict of interest regarding the failed Life Factory regeneration project, which forms part of the #Glastonbury town deal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569858... #LDReporter #townsfund

A £1.5m upgrade to the cycle route along the busy #A39 between #Carhampton and #Dunster has been scrapped by #Somerset Council due to its "logistical challenges": www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569812... #LDReporter #activetravel #Minehead #A396

Looking for a good walk to burn off your #Christmas dinner? In #Somerset, we are spoilt for choice: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2566182... #LDReporter #Christmas2025 #activetravel

#Yeovil businesses "will not survive" if key town centre car parks are built on as part of a new masterplan, a local business owner has warned: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569486... #LDReporter #Somerset #YeovilRefresh

#Somerset MPs @gideonamos.bsky.social, @adamjamesdance.bsky.social and @sarahdykeld.bsky.social have urged the government to invest in the south west as part of the #RailwaysBill: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569442... #LDReporter #Somerton #Langport #Wellington #Yeovil

"We got it wrong" #Somerset Council's chief executive Duncan Sharkey has apologised for mistakes made in delivering the Life Factory project as part of the #Glastonbury town deal: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569334... #LDReporter #townsfund

#Somerset Council will spend nearly £2.2m over the next four years looking after trees - including additional work to combat ash dieback: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2569268... #LDReporter

#Somerset Council faces a "lingering death" if it cannot close its £73m projected budget gap, councillors and auditors have warned: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2568976... #LDReporter #Budget2026 #S114

#Somerset's "tremendously successful" Slinky service will benefit from six new minibuses in the new year - with an extra electric minibus to support a key #Frome bus route: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2568830... #LDReporter #BSIP #Taunton ##Wellington #Bridgwater #BurnhamonSea #Highbridge

A public inquiry will be held in #SheptonMallet in the new year to decide whether 20 new homes should be built in the small village of #Beckington, between #Bath and #Frome: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2568779... #LDReporter #Somerset

Major changes to #Yeovil Hospital's stroke services will "go live" in the spring of 2026 once building work at #Dorset County Hospital in #Dorchester has been completed, #NHS bosses have confirmed: www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2568704... #LDReporter #Somerset

#Somerset Council won't be making any further statements on proposed local election boundary changes in a bid to "avoid more grief": www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/2568482... #LDReporter #LE2027

Plans for 140 further homes in #NorthPetherton have cleared the first hurdle in #Somerset Council's planning system. Here's what is planned - and what happens next: www.bridgwatermercury.co.uk/news/2568435... #LDReporter