https://somersetdaily.co.uk/tags/metropolitan/Recent content in metropolitan on Somerset DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSun, 07 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/westerleigh-woodspring-and-hicks-gate-five-mega-developments-transforming-our-region/Sun, 07 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/westerleigh-woodspring-and-hicks-gate-five-mega-developments-transforming-our-region/South Gloucestershire and North Somerset are on the brink of their most significant transformation in generations, as five major new towns are planned to reshape rural landscapes near Bristol. This ambitious wave of development is spurred by a Government mandate to “get Britain building,” prompting councils and private developers to reimagine local fields as vast, self-contained communities. From the flat fields of Westerleigh to the rolling slopes of Dundry, tens of thousands of homes are being masterplanned—threatening to redefine the borderlands between Gloucestershire and Somerset and the urban fringe of Bristol.