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Somerset West and Taunton Council Personal Details: Name: Karen Mills E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: District Councillor Comment text: I believe that the proposals for the new ward boundaries for the current West Somerset and Taunton area are well thought through and place the appropriate towns and villages appropriately together. And would welcome the confirmation of this new area for Somerset West and Taunton Uploaded Documents: None Uploaded 7/16/2018 Local Government Boundary Commission for England Consultation Portal Somerset West and Taunton Council Personal Details: Name: Catherine Herbert E-mail: Postcode: Organisation Name: Taunton Deane Borough Council Comment text: I am one of the current ward members for Killams and Mountfields Ward, that makes up most of your proposed Vivary East. I have a great deal of concern that my area that has been bundled in with a large area of the town centre. When yo7 leave the town and start down South Road there is a feeling of leaving the town as you go over the slight rise and pass Tauntfield (not Tauntfield Close, Tauntfield is past Tauntfield and set back from the road.) Killams and Mountfields has an established residents association, all be it a bit up and down depending on what is going on! It has its own community around our local shops and post office which are all strongly supported, there is a feel of a suburb, a feeling of being outside of town. I am happy that the roads in Trinity area are returning to what was Eastgate ward, there only moved across a few years ago and the area has not managed to build any links across as they look to Eastgate as their community. We have been starting to work with the community in your proposed Vivary West, and we would hope at some point to create a parish council of Vivary that covers our two areas with Vivary being what joins us as much as it sits between us. I would suggest that the town centre would need to have a destinct ward of its own, or be joined with Tangier. There is definately no connection at all between Killams and Mountfields and the town centre and this proposal will not make sense to any residents or make a coherent community in any way. Uploaded Documents: None Uploaded https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk/node/print/informed-representation/13625 1/1 Sent: 30 July 2018 11:12 To: reviews Subject: Review Officer (Somerset West and Taunton) Attachments: Review Officer 2.docx Dear Sir Please find attached submission for names of new wards in Taunton. If possible can you confirm receipt Regards Terry Hall 1 Review Officer (Somerset West and Taunton) The Deane House Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Taunton Deane BC First Floor Windsor House, 50 Victoria Street, LONDON SW1H OTL Dear Sir Boundary Review (Somerset West and Taunton) I write to represent the Conservative Councillors on Taunton Deane Borough Council. We request that names of four of the new Wards be changed as follows. Existing there is a single Ward called Manor and Wilton, derived by adding the wards of Manor and Wilton together sometime in the past. It is planned to split the existing Manor and Wilton Ward across three new Wards. 1 Tangier Ward As can be seen from the existing ward name, Manor is the name of the Manor Estate and is derived from the Manor House located in Barton Close which is in the centre of the area. This was owned in the middle ages by the Bishop of Winchester. Many roads in the vicinity are named after the Manor House e.g. Manor Orchard, Manor Road, Manor Drive etc. Tangier is on the edge of the ward and contains the site of the now demolished Gas Works. At present it has no residential dwellings. It is planned to erect riverside apartments amounting to circa 120 on the Gas Works site sometime in the near future. There are a few commercial properties located in Tangier, but the largest amount of land is given over to Commuter and Shopper parking. We request that the name of this ward be Manor Ward as this is what the area would be recognised as by local residents. 2 Vivary Ward (West) This part of the existing ward is called Wilton. The local Parish Church is located towards the centre of the area it has Church Hall which is used for many community activities. There is a well-used public house called The Vivary Arms Access can be obtained from Wilton to the highly regarded Vivary Park which has well used bowling and golfing facilities as well as superb horticultural specimens. Wilton has a thriving community association who have aspirations to become a Parish Council. Sherford which is adjacent to Wilton, is a mature development of private housing which borders on Countryside. We request that the new name of this Ward be Wilton & Sherford Ward so the identity of the area is clearly recognisable. 3 Vivary Ward (East) The currently proposed Vivary Ward (East) comprises a large area from the M5 Motorway to the Taunton Town Centre. Its boundaries encompass roads surrounding Vivary Park and part is coterminous with Vivary (West). This ward contains the greatest area of Vivary Park. If our proposal is accepted to change Vivary West to Wilton & Sherford Ward, there will be no longer any need to differentiate between East and West Vivary and Vivary East can become Vivary. It is likely that Vivary will seek to be Parished on its own or with Wilton & Sherford in the future. We request that the new name of this Ward be Vivary Ward 4 Creechbarrow Ward This is a new single seat Ward created out of the existing Halcon Ward. The name Creechbarrow derives from the name of a hill in the corner of the Ward. The Ward however covers that part of Taunton known as Halcon. There is no need or justification for changing the Ward name from Halcon. The elected Councillor will also represent the adjoining Lane Estate. We request that the new name of this Ward be Halcon & Lane Ward to retain the known identity of the area. Councillor Terence Hall : Taunton Deane Borough Council Sent: 21 August 2018 22:29 To: reviews Cc: Subject: Response to Consultation. (West Somerset/Taunton Deane) Dear Sir/Madam, I am the ward councillor for the Brendon Hill ward. Firstly I would like to say that I fully support your proposal of removing Brompton Regis and Bury and putting them with the Exmoor ward as they naturally turn to the Exmoor National Park for many of their services eg. Planning etc. The rest of my ward (Brompton Ralph, Clatworthy, Huish Champflower, Upton and Skilgate) would then naturally turn to Wiveliscombe for their services which are many. So placing them with Wiveliscombe, Bathealton, Stawley, Chipstable, and Ashbrittle "feels" right. I am not so sure about Fitzhead, I believe their affiliation would lie more towards Taunton than Wiveliscombe, however they are part of the Ten Parishes Festival which I feel is an extremely important tie. The "Wivey Link" a transport service totally run by volunteers, take people from these parishes to doctors/hospital appointments, shopping trips for those that do not have their own transport. Kingsmead School at Wiveliscombe take students from these surrounding parishes. We fully understand that the wards have to get bigger, so what you are proposing seems to be the natural solution. I am also aware that Crowcombe and Stogumber are putting forward another proposal, which was debated at Full Council on Monday (20/8/18). Full Council rejected their Proposal by a very large majority. It would seem that their proposal was based on getting those two parishes back together and cherry picking parishes just to get numbers to stack up. As you will know they placed Brompton Ralph and Clatworthy with the Old Cleeve & District ward. These two parishes have no affiliation to that area at all. As you can see from above, they should be joined with Wiveliscombe. The Brendon Hills and Wiveliscombe are geographically joined, and are extremely closely linked both socially and economically. Therefore I fully support your proposal for the Brendon Hill and Wiveliscombe ward. Yours sincerely, Keith Turner. (Cllr for the Brendon Hill Ward). West Somerset Council’s Vision: To enable people to live, work and prosper in West Somerset West Somerset Council values your feedback on the services provided. Please could you take a couple of minutes to provide yours by clicking here and then choose the survey you wish to complete You can follow us on Facebook and Twitter The Council is committed to protecting your privacy when you use our services. 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