newtown on Somerset Dailyhttps://somersetdaily.co.uk/tags/newtown/Recent content in newtown on Somerset DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000Unanimous Support for Zero-Carbon New Town at Hicks Gate Between Bristol and Keynshamhttps://somersetdaily.co.uk/unanimous-support-for-zero-carbon-new-town-at-hicks-gate-between-bristol-and-keynsham/Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/unanimous-support-for-zero-carbon-new-town-at-hicks-gate-between-bristol-and-keynsham/Leaders from across the West of England have unanimously approved ambitious plans to create a new zero-carbon town between Bristol and Keynsham at Hicks Gate. This visionary project, supported by the West of England Combined Authority (WECA) committee on June 5, aims to build approximately 3,000 homes, transforming the area around Brislington Park and Ride and adjacent green fields along the A4 corridor up to Keynsham. The new town will straddle the borders of Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset, and lie just across the river from South Gloucestershire, embodying a collaborative, cross-boundary approach to regional growth.