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22 October 2021
National Highways plans for the A358 -
Compensation - October 2019
This Highways booklet is a generalised overview which shows the process and the different types of compensation available: Your Property and Our Road Proposals
Hover your mouse over the image on the right for page 7 of this publication to see when the various types of claims can be made.
Hover your mouse over the image on the right for page 7 of this publication to see when the various types of claims can be made.
These other booklets are quite useful.
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How to claim for the effects on your property of new or altered roads (‘Part 1’ Claims)
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Advice from Gill
Getting compensation is not easy. It is a complicated matter and I am not qualified to advise, except to say “Get advice from a professional”. It may not cost you anything, though this is not guaranteed.
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If your property is directly affected by the new road you may be able to claim some compensation.
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If your property is not directly affected you may still be able to make a 'Part 1' claim, but not until 12 months after the road has opened.
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If you are not eligible to make a claim straight away but think you may want to make a Part 1 Claim later, it is a good idea to start assembling evidence now.
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Philip Hodgkin and Graeme Biffen of Greenslade Taylor Hunt (GTH), at our meeting on 2 October 2019, advised getting 2 or 3 valuations on your property from different estate agents now. You should not have to pay for this and you should ask for current valuations to be made on the basis that the new road had not been planned ('unaffected value'), and you should get them in writing.
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This exercise should be repeated during and after the build process.
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If you want to know whether you may be eligible for compensation, ask a professional. An initial chat with a professional should not cost you anything.
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If you find you can make a claim for compensation, you should get a professional to do it for you.
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Reasonable professional fees should be paid by Highways England, however, getting them to agree to this is not straightforward, either. Best to try and clarify this before you commit.
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I can only tell you what GTH advised. Other Valuers / Estate Agents will also be able to help but I have not spoken to any of them.
Note from Gill
I would urge all residents to
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take a look at the virtual exhibition, the ‘fly-
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arrange a meeting at your home if you have been offered one (you may need to persist) or via video call if that is your preference;
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and/or attend one of the face-
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and above all, to send in feedback by 22 November.
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Although you may think this is the final design, I was assured at my meeting with Highways yesterday (21 October) that refinements can be made following feedback from residents and landowners. I’m not sure I believe it, but it’s worth a try, isn’t it?
There are so many documents now available that I am having difficulty finding things I know I’ve seen, and can’t recommend any particular ones because different topics will be of interest to different people.
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The information currently available to the public is on this page:
https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a358-
which contains a link to the virtual exhibition:
https://a358-
Both of these include the “fly through” video which you can also access directly on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/_KK15SFFB90. There are a lot of documents you can download from these pages.
And the secret information (another note from Gill): this page is so hard to find I seriously think they ARE keeping it a secret. To get to it you have to go to the virtual exhibition, click on ‘List view’, then type ‘Figure’ in the search box. Who would think of doing that? But to make it easy for you, here is a direct link: https://a358-
Feedback forms
Finding the online feedback form seemed to require a lot of clicks so here is a direct link to it: https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/a358-
Remember, feedback has to be received by 22 November 2021.
Hard copies
You can request a hard copy of the consultation booklet, the Preliminary Environmental Information Report and the feedback questionnaire at one of the face-
Webinars
If you'd like to attend one of the webinars below, email A358TauntontoSouthfields@highwaysengland.co.uk. You will then be sent an invitation to join the event. Sorry, it’s too late for the first ones but you will have received details in the post.
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Consulting on the A358 Taunton to Southfields Dualling Scheme -
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Section 1 – M5 junction 25 to Mattock’s Tree Green junction -
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Section 2 – Mattock’s Tree Green junction to Griffin Lane -
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Section 3 – Griffin Lane to Ashill junction -
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Section 4 – Ashill junction to Southfields roundabout -
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Walking, cycling and horse-
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The environment -
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Traffic modelling -
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Consulting on the A358 Taunton to Southfields Dualling Scheme -
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Web chats
To take part in a web chat, log onto the virtual exhibition at the relevant time and use the chat function in the corner of the screen. Again, sorry, it’s too late for the first ones but you will have received details in the post.
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Tuesday 12 October, 4pm – 7pm
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Wednesday 13 October, 11am – 2pm
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Friday 15 October, 8am – 11am and 3pm – 6pm
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Monday 18 October, 12 noon – 3pm
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Wednesday 20 October, 10am – 1pm and 6pm – 9pm
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Friday 22 October, 9am – 12 noon and 3pm – 6pm
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Thursday 18 November, 3pm – 6pm
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Friday 19 November, 9am – 12 noon
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Face-
(sorry, too late for the one at Taunton Racecourse on 19 October)
Monks Yard, Ilminster: 23 Oct 2021 from 11:00 to 18:00 (Monks Yard (Conference Room), Horton Cross Farm, Horton Cross, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9PT )
Holiday Inn, Taunton: 3 Nov 2021 from 11:00 to 18:00 (Holiday Inn Taunton, Deane Gate Avenue, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 2UA)
‘Telephone Surgeries’
If you'd like to talk to a member of the project team and can't attend the face-
You can sign up for email updates on this page (“Sign up for updates” at the bottom of the right hand column): https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a358-
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Land Interest Questionnaires (LIQs)
Highways have been clumsy, to say the least, in the way these were sent out to residents. It is probably a good idea to complete the questionnaire if it definitely relates to your own property. This will ensure that Highways deal with the right people in relation to any particular property. However, if you have any “rights, easements or other legal interests” over a neighbouring property, or if they have any over yours, you may also have received LIQs for their property. Answer these if you want to and if you feel competent to, but do not feel any obligation to do so.
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10 December 2020
Ruishton Parish Council are keen for us to see information on the Local Plan. The following links are on the parish web site:
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The map (Page 34 of Appendix 2 mentioned below), on which you can see quite a few areas marked for development of one sort or another (short cut -
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Link to Appendix 2. This is a hefty file but you can click here for Pages 3 to 6 only, which show some more details of individual sites in Ruishton and Stoke St Mary Parishes, highlighted in green.
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The consultation has not yet begun but no doubt the PC will tell us when it starts.
Stoke St Mary Parish
There is also an alarmingly large swathe of land SWTI&O-
A303 Stonehenge -
A303 Stonehenge -
This scheme is now on hold following the High Court Judge’s upholding of the legal challenge against it in August 2021.
The links below are still active so they are left here for reference.
The A303 Stonehenge (Amesbury to Berwick Down) scheme was given consent by the Secretary of State Grant Schapps on 12 November 2020.
Not directly affecting us, but this is one part of ‘Creating an Expressway to the South West’ and the dualling of the A358 is another.
The links below are still active so they are left here for reference.
The A303 Stonehenge (Amesbury to Berwick Down) scheme was given consent by the Secretary of State Grant Schapps on 12 November 2020.
Not directly affecting us, but this is one part of ‘Creating an Expressway to the South West’ and the dualling of the A358 is another.
Here’s the March 2019 publication
File: A303 Stonehenge March 2019.pdf
This is the scheme web site, where you can sign up for updates.
And in January 2021 they launched a new web site “Stonehenge Stories”.
The consultation reports page from 2017, updated April 2019 is still there and it includes these two pdfs: The Case for Scheme and Consultation Brochure and two simulated videos plus a ‘disappearing road’ video.
Creech Castle Junction -
Here’s the latest from the Travel Somerset web site from September 2021.
Traffic chaos continues .....
Just for interest -
Updated 11 December 2020
The site will be developed over time and could eventually include a school, a hotel and health centre, as well as providing office space and being home to an innovation hub for businesses.
Click here for The Somerset County Gazette article from 25 April 2019.
Click here for The Somerset County Gazette article from 25 April 2019.
The Local Development Order (LDO) for this employment site was adopted on 14 March 2018 following grant of planning permission for the M5 Junction 25 improvements.
Click here for Taunton Deane’s (now Somerset West and Taunton’s) statement on the subject.
It will be accessed via a spur road from the new Junction 25 (see above) and the target date for starting on site is Spring 2021.
Click here for Taunton Deane’s (now Somerset West and Taunton’s) statement on the subject.
It will be accessed via a spur road from the new Junction 25 (see above) and the target date for starting on site is Spring 2021.
The following is for historical interest only.
In the Village Hall newsletter for September 2017, Ruishton Parish Council give a very informative overview and list their objections, which you can see here.
There was an online information page which included the LDO Transport Appraisal Report and Nexus 25 Framework Travel Plan but the link has been removed as the page is no longer available.
Here are the exhibits from the exhibition held at the Holiday Inn on 1 March 2017:
In the Village Hall newsletter for September 2017, Ruishton Parish Council give a very informative overview and list their objections, which you can see here.
There was an online information page which included the LDO Transport Appraisal Report and Nexus 25 Framework Travel Plan but the link has been removed as the page is no longer available.
Here are the exhibits from the exhibition held at the Holiday Inn on 1 March 2017:
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The Questionnaire (for reference only -
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© 2022 Lower Henlade and Stoke Road Residents’ Association
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