Last two drop-in sessions today and tomorrow! If you need help accessing the NSC Local Plan 2041 consultation or submitting your comments, come along to Backwell Parish Hall: Wednesday 3rd December 6:30pm – 8:00pm Thursday 4th December 5:00pm – 7:00pm Everyone is welcome — pop in anytime during the session for support. The deadline to respond to the consultation is 5:00pm on 12th December – Let’s make sure every voice in our community is heard!

North Somerset Council Local Plan – Important Update for Residents North Somerset Council’s (NSC) revised draft Regulation 19 Local Plan is now open for public consultation. All responses must be submitted by 12th December at 5.00pm sharp! The plan highlights Backwell, along with Nailsea, as a strategic area for growth, proposing almost 4,000 homes between us. This includes a proposal for another 1,000 houses on a vast area of East Backwell (EB), across land stretching from the Leisure Centre to The George, along with a new road linking the A370 to Station Road opposite Backwell Lake. Together with the 800 homes already consented, this would DOUBLE the size of our village within the next 10 years. United We Stand Backwell Parish Council (BPC) is working closely with Backwell Residents Association (BRA), Backwell Resistance (BR), Brockley Parish Council, Nailsea Town Council and Nailsea Action Group to challenge this scheme. WE CAN [...]

North Somerset Council’s (NSC) revised draft Regulation 19 Local Plan is now live on the cabinet agenda for 15th October, item 6: https://n-somerset.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx... The plan highlights Backwell along with Nailsea as a strategic area for growth with almost 4000 homes between us. This draft plan includes the proposal for another 1000 houses on East Backwell (EB) on top of 800 already consented, more than DOUBLING the size of our village in the next 10 years. NSC must now fund 24k new homes in response to the Government’s algorithm-generated housing target. We know it is not good practice to grow communities this quickly – especially without major infrastructure investment first. To date, there is no investment to show for the houses already consented. Backwell Parish Council (BPC) is working with Backwell Residents Association and Backwell Resistance to challenge this scheme. This proposal is NOT a sustainable model, it is financially unviable, [...]