Plans for a major new industrial estate in

Keynsham have been thrown out amid fears schoolchildren will be “wiped out” by HGVs. 

Councillor Lucy Hodge said she did not have confidence in data showing the new junction onto the A4 was safe and claimed the masterplan for the wider area had been

hidden from planning chiefs and the public. 

B&NES Council allocated the land for employment to establish the town as a significant business location and reduce commuting. 

The outline plans proposed up to 5,700sqm for business, industrial process, general industrial and storage uses that Councillors feared could result in another concrete factory being built close to people’s homes. 

They refused Places For People Strategic Land’s

application, saying the noise, pollution and safety risk could be reduced by creating a new access road onto World’s End Lane, which if landowners agree, could be widened to remove pinch points.  

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The application was refused by six votes to four against. S. Sumner, LDRS