The facilities are acceptable - but Symphony Healthcare has been unable to provide as much as 50% of the required GPs through either recruitment or use of locals. This paragraph should also be included under South Petherton since the same Medical Practice (which operates two surgeries) serves both Martock and South Petherton (a total of over 11000 patients).

Martock and Bower Hinton Paragraph 8.50 – "Flood defences may need to be raised in the future, depending on the location and floor levels of future development." Any new development should be steered away from flood risk areas or development would need to be accompanied by flood risk mitigation taking into account climate change allowances. If this is strategic improvement to defences then your Authority should identify this infrastructure and how it may be funded. We note that MB2 and MB3 allo

7.243 - There is an identified need for Early years (currently insufficient) & Primary in this area. The allocated & Known housing applications will bring the Primary to capacity, so within the plan period we will be asking for contributions again to expand the facilities further.

The addition of this paragraph is welcome but it is incomplete and, in some respects, misleading. The following is suggested as a possible substitute. The River Parrett forms the west side of the Parish and there are a number of locations where flooding occurs throughout the whole of the settlement. Flooding is exacerbated by small, culverted watercourses which are undersized or prone to blockage, many being below capacity, and unable to cope with modern rainfall events. In recent times propert