Nexus 25 employment site, Taunton
The council worked with public and private sector partners on a new strategic employment site – Nexus 25 – at J25 of the M5 motorway.
The council used a planning mechanism to fast-track the process – a Local Development Order (LDO).
This was adopted in March 2018 after Somerset County Council approved a scheme to improve J25 including access to Nexus 25.
The development will provide a green campus setting with space for a variety of uses including research and development and high quality offices, alongside light industrial units and warehouses providing a range of flexible premises suitable for many types of business. More than 3,500 jobs could be created at the site, boosting Taunton’s role as a major growth centre in the South West.
- adoption of the Nexus 25 Local Development Order
- LDO Secretary of State submission covering letter dated 22nd March 2018
- the adopted Nexus 25 Taunton, local development order, including the Council’s statement of reasons
- design guide
- transport appraisal report part 1
- transport appraisal report part 2
- framework travel plan
- environmental statement, volume 1 – main report
- environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 1
- environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 2
- environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 3
- environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 4
- environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 5