Campaigners fear proposals for more than 500 homes would turn a village into a small town. Developer Taylor Wimpey launched its plans for the edge of Backwell, in North Somerset, in December.

Plans for a 90 home development to be built across a village's green field have been submitted. Persimmon withdrew previous plans to build 116 homes on Farleigh Fields in Backwell in February ...

"Serious concerns" for children's safety have been raised over plans to build more than a 100 homes in a field in a Somerset village. A decision on 125 homes built on Farleigh Fields, Backwell ...

Sarah Ould, chair of Backwell Parish Council, said the village had “legitimate concerns regarding the safety of Dark Lane to support the additional traffic associated with these development and ...