Category: Updates
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Dismay at Somerset Council’s latest clearance at the fields
The arrival of cows at this much loved Asset of Community Value is another blow to residents and wildlife Somerset Council has once again caused bewilderment and anguish amongst residents near Packsaddle Community Fields, with more aggressive clearance work and, after a decades-long absence of cattle from the site, the introduction of a herd of…
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LiveWest submit their development plans for 2 weeks public consultation
Live West are starting a 2 week public consultation for their plans to build 74 houses on Packsaddle fields. The consultation starts on 20th March. We will advise how best to object very soon.
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Packsaddle fields granted Asset of Community Value status
We’re delighted to announce that Mendip District Council has decided to list Packsaddle Fields as an Asset of Community Value (ACV).
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Packsaddle fields cleared
Over the summer, much of the vegetation on the Packsaddle fields was cleared, destroying a large swathe of natural habitat and causing significant damage to local wildlife. This is particularly suspicious given that the developers, Live West, were supposed to be conducting a ‘full season of ecology/wildlife surveys’ on the land which was to inform…
