Introduction
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.
This was adopted in March 2018 after Somerset 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.
Local Development Order documents
- Adoption of the Nexus 25 Local Development Order (PDF 279KB)
- LDO Secretary of State submission covering letter dated 22 March 2018 (PDF 84.5KB)
- The adopted Nexus 25 Taunton, local development order, including the Council’s statement of reasons (PDF 1.15MB)
- Design guide (PDF 6.6MB)
- Transport appraisal report part 1 (PDF 7.72MB)
- Transport appraisal report part 2 (PDF 4.73MB)
- Framework travel plan (PDF 6.84MB)
- Environmental statement, volume 1 – main report (PDF 2.35MB)
- Environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 1 (PDF 20.1MB)
- Environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 2 (PDF 13.9MB)
- Environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 3 (PDF 10.4MB)
- Environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 4 (PDF 28.7MB)
- Environmental statement volume 2 – appendices part 5 (PDF 23.3MB)
- Agenda, decisions and draft minutes – Special Meeting, Planning and Transport Policy Sub-Committee on Thursday 23 May 2024