The Glastonbury Town Deal has secured £23.6 million investment for the town, representing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver the objectives outlined in the Town Investment Plan
This is an opportunity to develop new site for non-bricks & mortar dwellers in Glastonbury.
In Glastonbury, there are over 120 people living on the roadside and off-grid in caravans – all in non-regularised areas which creates social, health, traffic congestion and economic challenges for a small town.
The Beckery area on the edge of Glastonbury has become an unofficial base for communities of travellers and other off-grid dwellers. The Town Deal is an opportunity to provide support in the form of a new regulated site with permanent pitches. The aim is to improve the situation for roadside dwellers, subject to meeting the eligibility criteria for the new site.
Click here to view the outline planning application – since withdrawn in early 2024 due to flooding.
A new site was purchased in Summer 2024 and the challenge is to deliver this project before the end of March 2026.
This project previously contained an element to address phosphate mitigation in the vicinity of the Glastonbury Town Deal projects. This element is no longer part of the enabling project as solutions are not yet available and phosphate mitigation does now not apply to commercial developments.
