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South Somerset District Personal Details: Name: Jason Baker E-mail: Organisation Name: Ward Member Comment text: I agree with the changes to Holyrood ward accept for the field which forms the park "Snowdon Park" this is currently in Blackmoor Vale ward (Tatworth & Forton), this park has been built for the use of the residents of Holyrood ward and Chard so should be within the boundaries of Holyrood ward. This park is currently having improvements made to it which are being funded by monies from section 106 from the Redrow housing estate (Toll House Way) This change would have no effect on numbers but would tidy up the top of the ward to include the park and green space. Uploaded Documents: None Uploaded Taylor, Laura From: John Clark Sent: 05 March 2018 11:32 To: reviews Subject: South Somerset review consultation Dear LGBCE, I wish to submit the following comments to your present consultation on South Somerset. This is in my individual capacity as a District Councillor for the current SSDC ward of Yeovil West. With respect to your overall recommendation for the conurbation in Yeovil The Brympton / Yeovil / Yeovil Without conurbation is planned to have a reduction from 17 to 16 Councillors. Based on the current electorate, the correct figure is calculated as 16.4, but this will be higher by 2023. I therefore strongly submit that the (growing) conurbation should still have 17 Councillors. With respect to your recommendations for Yeovil Summerlands I believe that the proposals for Yeovil Summerlands are broadly sensible. However I believe that two, possibly three, amendments would be logical Move the rest of Monks Dale plus Abbott's Way and Friar's Avenue out of Brympton into Yeovil Summerlands, with which it has much more in common. The whole area that lies south of Thorne Lane, west of Larkhill Road, East of Dodham Brook could be transferred to Summerlands if the numbers required and to keep the polling district ADAY together. It is separated by the brook from the rest of the proposed Brympton ward, and there are no links across the brook. Remove that part of the [future] Brimsmore development from Summerlands so that it can all be in one ward, probably part of Yeovil Without Consider redrawing the northern boundary of Yeovil Summerlands further South still, to exclude Thorne Lane but to include the natural community of Westfield and Monks Dale (see the roads that make up the core of the Westfield community at the end of this email) With respect to the recent submission by Yeovil Without Parish Council The Yeovil Without Parish Council submission is in my view, with one exception, well argued. I have borrowed from their arguments in the section above. In particular I support: ‐ Their opposition to the break‐up of existing communities in Yeovil Without Their opposition to the proposal that their Parish would be represented by 11 District Councillors Their opposition to the break‐up of the new Brimsmore development into more than one division Their suggestion that all of Monks Dale and some associated roads should be within Summerlands, not Brympton The point in their submission with which I strongly disagree is the assertion that the community of Westfield stops at Stiby Road going north. Indeed the natural, historical and present centre of Westfield is the crossroads between Stiby Road and Westfield Road / Coronation Avenue. If Westfield was deemed to stop north of Stiby Road, that centre would be cut in half, and the Church and the new Community Centre in Coronation Avenue would be separated from the rest of Westfield, including the shop and the school! The roads that form part of the core of the Westfield estate are, in my view, 1 Westfield Road / Grove / Crescent / Avenue / Place Stiby Road Springfield Road / Place and Marl Close Coronation Avenue, north as far as Boundary Close St Anne's Gardens and Perrythorne Park Thatcham Park / Court / Close Roads that could be viewed as part of Westfield or not, are: ‐ Eliott's Drive and the roads off it Freedom Avenue St. Patrick's Road Yours Cllr John Clark SSDC ‐ Yeovil West 2 Taylor, Laura From: 15 March 2018 12:28 To: reviews Cc: Boundary reviews Dear Sir/Madam, Re: Wincanton and Tower ward. I am emailing to support your proposals for the above ward having seen the Conservative response to making Wincanton a 3 member ward, I am a Conservative councillor for Wincanton and was not consulted in this response, if fact I completely disagree with it so please disregard it as being from ward members 2 of which were not consulted. I would finally like to support the current plans to merge Wincanton and Tower, it works well, all villages surrounding Wincanton are in Tower, particularly Bayford which in fact is joined to Wincanton. The existing proposals make eminent sense. Yours sincerely, Nick Colbert Wincanton ward Councillor Conservative 1 Taylor, Laura From: Carol Goodall Sent: 01 November 2017 12:27 To: [email protected]. Subject: Boundary Changes Attachments: Ilminster Community Plan 2016 v2.docx Dear Sir I would be more than happy to support the creation of two wards in Ilminster. At the moment we are a single ward with two Councillors and it can be difficult at times when faced with a query from a resident because the residents will often ask both of us the same question. This means we have to check with one another when we get questions. The other issue and a more important one is the suggestion that we join forces with Neroche. The areas are as different as chalk and cheese. We are very much a market town that has grown and continues to do so. It is and always has been identified as a rural market town Ilminster was one of a number of market towns in south Somerset ‐ market town in that they held cattle markets on a regular basis. Like the other market towns Ilminster became the focal point for the surrounding villages and it still is. We no longer hold a cattle market but town retains the market town feel. We have a non political but proactive Town Council. The requirements of Ilminster residents are very different to those of a rural settlement and the attached document - the recent 2016 - 2026 Community Survey will give a clear indication what those differences are. My apologies again for the tardiness of my reply but it could not be helped. Carol Goodall District Councillor Ilminster Ward 1 Front cover to include pictures Ilminster’s Community Plan 2016 – 2026 Making Ilminster a great place to live, work and play www.ilminsterforum.co.uk Contents Forward by Carol Goodall, Chairman of Ilminster Forum ....................................................... 3 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................ 4 About Ilminster ........................................................................................................................ 5 Potential Key Developments for Ilminster ........................................................................... 6 Creating the Plan .................................................................................................................... 8 Ilminster Forum Steering Committee ................................................................................... 9 Consultation and engagement ............................................................................................ 9 A Strong, Healthy and Active Community ............................................................................. 10 Community provision and what Ilminster people had to say ............................................. 10 Volunteering ...................................................................................................................... 11 Community information ..................................................................................................... 11 Issues Identified ................................................................................................................ 12 Objective ........................................................................................................................... 12 Projects ............................................................................................................................. 12 Vibrant local economy ........................................................................................................... 13 Ilminster’s local economy and what people had to say ..................................................... 13 Issues Identified ................................................................................................................ 15 Objective ........................................................................................................................... 16 Projects ............................................................................................................................. 16 The image, local environment and green spaces of Ilminster ............................................... 17 What Ilminster people had to say ...................................................................................... 17 Issues Identified ................................................................................................................ 20 Objective ........................................................................................................................... 20 Projects ............................................................................................................................