Some Wellington residents have reacted with fury to fresh plans which would see hundreds of new houses built in Rockwell Green.
Proposals for 315 new homes off Exeter Road were revealed after a firm specialising in securing planning permission delivered leaflets to some homes near the site.
The company wants to build on the opposite side of Exeter Road from where it controversially won consent outside the town's development boundary on appeal in 2018.
The new proposals would wrap around the rear of the Dobree Park estate and stretch as far as the railway line running through Westford.
On its website, Gladman Developments Ltd describes itself as 'the UK’s most active and successful land promoter' and boast of 'a wide range of industry contacts, from central Government, local councils, professional consultants, to major housebuilders'.
In a statement the firm said: "Gladman Developments are proposing a residential development of approximately 315 new homes including public open space and recreational facilities on Land off Exeter Road, Rockwell Green.
"Gladman have over 30 years' experience in the land and development industry. We are committed to bringing forward sustainable development and delivering additional benefits to Rockwell Green wherever possible.
"Historic maps of Rockwell Green show how the settlement has grown since 1888, and has changed significantly as the population continued to grow. We see the proposed development at land off Exeter Road as a logical continuation of the settlement's historic growth pattern."
Gladman said the project would bring a number of benefits to the community, including 'new areas of publicly available green space' and 'substantial financial payments' for Somerset Council from council tax.
Gladman said its project would create 316 full time construction jobs and 344 indirect jobs, and that it would pay more than £450,000 in tax to Wellington Town Council as part of the Community Infrastructure Levy.
The proposal has yet to go before planners, with Gladman currently preparing an outline planning application to secure permission for development in principle.
The firm has invited local residents to 'have their say' on the plans. Comments can be submitted to Gladman on its website. It has pledged to consider all comments as part of the consultation process.
Some Wellington residents responded with fury to news of the plans and raised concerns over how local services could cope with the new development.
In a Facebook group for Wellington residents, Tammy Greenaway said: "We the people of Wellington need to come together and stop this aggressive building from happening.
"We the people of Wellington don't want anymore housing. If we wanted to live in a town we wouldn't have chosen a country village like Wellington to live in.
"We can't get dental appointments, we do not need a bigger queue to these already overwhelmed services."
Mandy Foster said: "We need another secondary school! Court Fields is over subscribed, at this rate a lot of the little ones at primary school won't get a space in Welly! Yes we need more affordable housing, but we need the infrastructure to go with it."
Julie Gill said: "I work in the surgery and we're so heavily oversubscribed, but the Government won't let us say no to registrations. It's downright dangerous, we just don't have the facilities to cope with all these new homes."
News of the planned development came in the same week residents learned of plans by Pegasus Group Ltd to build 250 new homes in fields to the south of the A38 Wellington Relief Road, below Wellington Monument.
The plans were the subject of 'secret' talks between the firm and the since disbanded Somerset West and Taunton Council.
The Bristol-based firm was seeking to enter discussions with Wellington Town Council about its housing plan - but councillors refused in a vote taken at a planning meeting on Wednesday (May 3) which was attended by 50 concerned residents.
A group has been formed among Wellington residents to organise opposition to the Pegasus plans. 'The Pegasus Opposition Group' is to hold its first meeting on Wednesday, May 31, at the United Reformed Church Hall, at 7pm.