Vacant Taunton sites and a closed road mark one September weekend
Reports from 11-13 September in Taunton point to activity around empty or formerly vacant buildings in the same period as a morning emergency response closed a road.
Across Taunton, reports published between 11 and 13 September point to work on empty or formerly vacant buildings unfolding in the same period as a morning emergency response closed a road [1][2][3].
Business News South West reported that Summerfield completed the redevelopment of the former Volvo garage on Priory Bridge Road, turning a site it described as long-vacant into a 4,820 sq ft Formula One Autocentres facility [1].
Somerset County Gazette said a casualty was removed from a building after an emergency incident in Taunton on the morning of 11 September, with the road closed while fire crews rescued the person from a second-storey window [2].
Separately, the Somerset County Gazette reported that an empty Grade II* listed former hotel in Taunton, currently used as offices, could be converted into six new flats if approved [3].
Sources
- Business News South West: Summerfield and its project partners mark the completion of the new Formula One Autocentre at Priory Bridge Road, Taunton. © Summerfield
- Somerset County Gazette: Road closed as fire crews rescue casualty from second-storey window in Taunton
- Somerset County Gazette: Grade II* listed former hotel in Taunton could become six new flats if green lit
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