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area-number
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12
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buildings
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narrow-frontages terraced semi-detached 2-storeys varied-shapes
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character-area
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CHANDOS ROAD PLUS SUMMERLEAZE, DRYLEAZE, PRIORY ROAD AND THE SEWAGE WORKS
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date
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06/02/2013
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greenery
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trees bushes hedges green-backcloth-to-buildings
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landmarks-text
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THE DISUSED SOMERDALE (FRY'S CHOCOLATE FACTORY) THAT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE KEY INDUSTRIES OF KEYNSHAM. THE FACTORY IS SOON TO BE CONVERTED INTO APARTMENTS, OFFICE, RETAIL AND LIGHT INDUSTRY AS PART OF THE TAYLOR WIMPEY DEVELOPMENT WHICH WAS APPROVED ON 15TH FEBRUARY 2014, WITH WORKS SOON TO COMMENCE.
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layout
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linear grid-like winding buildings-close-to-the-road long-plots thin-plots no-obvious-centre
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materials
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some-common brick render tile hedges fences tarmac concrete
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negative-text
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THE LOSS OF THE CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY AND THE RE-DEVELOPMENT AND ITS 430 HOUSES THAT ARE TO BE BUILT ON SOMERDALE, ADDING TO CONGESTION OF THE ROAD SYSTEM IN THIS AREA, CLOSE TO THE SEWAGE WORKS WHICH CAN BE A BIT SMELLY
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positive-text
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QUIET ESTATE CLOSE TO GOOD SPORTS FACILITIES, AMENITIES OF THE TOWN CENTRE AND KEYNSHAM STATION FOR COMMUTING
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roads
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pavements kerbs grass-verges narrow-roads curving-roads cul-de-sacs through-roads on-plot-parking on-street-parking
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roads-text
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THE CUL-DE-SACS ARE SUMMERLEAZE AND DRYLEAZE, CHANDOS ROAD WAS A THROUGH ROAD LEAVING THE ESTATE OUT INTO THE SITE OF THE SOMERDALE FACTORY BUT DUE TO THE DEATH OF CHILD IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT MANY YEARS AGO THE FACTORY GATES WHERE CLOSED AT THIS POINT
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roofs
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pitched-roofs varied-pitch
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spaces
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gaps-between-buildings green-spaces places-where-local-events-take-place
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spaces-text
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NOT WITHIN THE SITE AREA BUT CLOSE TO IS THE SOMERDALE FRY'S CLUB AND SPORTS FACILITIES WHERE SOCIAL AND SPORTING GATHERINGS ARE HELD
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topography
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flat
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views-in-text
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THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN VIEWS IN FROM THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
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views-out-text
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VIEWS OUT TO THE KELSTON HILLS AND THE HAMS
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weather
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overcast
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wildlife
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area-used/inhabited-by-wildlife
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wildlife-text
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ONLY BIRDS VIEWED BUT BEING CLOSE TO A LARGE GREEN OPEN SPACE AND THE RIVER AVON THERE HAS GOT TO BE NUMEROUS TYPES OF WILDLIFE
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