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Search the Public Notice PortalDear Editor,
I was so pleased to see in the Gazette that the Gasworks site in Tangier, Taunton, alongside the river, is now due for redevelopment after so many years.
It must have been back in the 2000s I used to park there on the ciders for the princely sum of £1 for the working day.
I was so pleased that the phosphate issue for this site has apparently been resolved - apparently on the back of the Jurston Fields decision near Wellington.
I suggest this development will be a big asset to Taunton when it is complete.
I had thought for many years that the delay was because of the contaminated land from the gasworks, but no doubt that will have been resolved by the time elapsing and possibly earth/fill cover across part of the site.
The RAMSAR site in the Levels and phosphate damage to the invertebrates from increased run-off there seems to be the basis of the Dutch N court decision, which led to Natural England’s legal advice requiring mitigation of extra phosphate run-off from developments in the River Tone and Parrett valleys.
I am surprised that, with modern technology, there is apparently no method yet devised to protect the RAMSAR site from the phosphates (the sensitive invertebrates within it) or possibly the means to pay for it.
This is clearly inhibiting the development of houses and flats in Taunton.
Only major developers who can set land aside in mitigation can overcome this, while small developers must try to build soakaways on what can be totally unsuitable soil.
I wonder if this is the same issue that the Firepool site seems to have stalled again?
Regards,
Steve Smith
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