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The group of volunteers was set up to take action after the flooding incidents that hit the Chard area in 2021.

Efforts to deliver a crucial relief road on the eastern side of Chard will come under close scrutiny in a new report due out this summer.

New Chard pressure group calls on council to refuse housing plans and save town from "traffic misery" A decision on 252 new homes is due in the coming days 05:00, 27 MAY 2021 Congestion in Chard town centre on April 22 (Image: David Bell) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourpriva...

The campaign comes as developers submit applications for the Chard Eastern Development Area (CEDA). Residents 4 A Better Chard (R4ABC) have published a professional assessment of the 252 homes plans put forward by Persimmon Homes between Forton and Tatworth roads. The report states the application will not satisfactorily deliver a section of the Chard Relief Road, the new schools or GP surgeries or the Holbear neighbourhood centre. The report explains this was all promised in the SSDC Local Plan and the Chard Regeneration Plan. The group says they are not opposed to the development be...