A new Primary School and 261 homes are set to be built on a strategic site in Keynsham that was removed from the Green Belt.

The application for the twelve-hectare plot off Bath Road was met with 22 objections that ranged from claims the new school was not needed, to concerns about a lack of infrastructure.

The development of 250 homes had already been approved in principle. Developer, Crest Nicholson, has now secured permission for a further eleven. The plans include allotments, play provision and new planting, and there are green corridors to provide new shared pedestrian and cycle routes.

A Crest Nicholson spokesperson said: “The development will be landscape-led, offering high quality open spaces for residents and the local community to enjoy. Crest Nicholson will also be making significant investment towards local transport links, employment initiatives and education.”

Separate proposals for 200 houses east of the site and eighty to the south are yet to be considered by B&NES Council.

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Stephen Sumner