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HOUSE-hunters in Chard will be able to take advantage of a new scheme from local companies that will allow them to purchase a new-build home with a…

'Tommy' figures appear in housing estates across Somerset ahead of VE Day They have been put up across the county Updated Tommy figure at Barratt David Wilson site (Image: © jim wileman) 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 ourprivacy notice "Tommy" figures have appeared in housing ...

MORE than a dozen Tommy figures will be on show at a developer's sites across Somerset ahead of VE Day on Saturday (May 8). Barratt David Wilson Homes, a corporate patron of the Royal British Legion's Tommy Club which supports armed forces veterans, is displaying the figures in its show gardens. Former Royal Engineer Chris Spencer, who will be managing the construction of the Blackdown Heights development in Crimchard, outside Chard, said it's a great honour to be installing the figures. Mr Spencer served for 11 years in the RE's counter IED taskforce, including in Iraq and Afghanista...

Artist Impression of 72 homes on A38 Taunton Road in North Petherton. Pic: Persimmon Severn Valley. DETAILED plans for 130 new homes near Bridgwater have been approved – despite councillors complaining that existing traffic problems on the A38 have not been adequately addressed. Barratt Homes applied to build the homes on the A38 Taunton Road in North Petherton, between the existing Portman Drive homes and the town’s rugby club. Sedgemoor District Council granted outline permission for the homes in January 2020, establishing a new access road to link the houses with the main road be...

Detailed designs for 130 homes in Somerset approved despite 'missed opportunity' to address traffic concerns Barratt Homes hopes to begin construction before the end of the year 17:31, 2 MAR 2021 Proposed site of 130 homes on A38 Taunton Road in North Petherton (Image: Daniel Mumby) 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 subscribi...