About 25 people have been living at Ainsworth House, Wellington Road, which has been earmarked for redevelopment.
Nearly 500 objections were lodged against the plan for the new homes on fields off Wellington Road, Newport.
The engines will steam along Church Street, down Wellington Road and Trelawney Road, then up (Camborne Hill) Tehidy Road.
It was then said to have travelled along Wellington Road towards Park Street before leaving Taunton on the A38 towards Wellington.
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The objectors to the Wellington Road plan had raised concerns over the scale of the development and the fact it is a green-field site.
It will provide a new north to south route with a bridge over the River Tone, near Goodland Gardens, linking Wellington Road to Bridge Street.
The Wellington Road applicant will now be referred to Secretary of State Eric Pickles who requested to see approved documents to check whether he should determine the proposal.
House-to-house inquiries are also being conducted in the Canton area of the city where it is believed Mr Thompson was seen on CCTV at about 19:07 GMT near the junction of Leckwith Road and Wellington Street.
The footage will be preserved at Park Road Post Production in Wellington.
This national prestigious event takes place once a year and enables secondary students who have undertaken outstanding science research or technological development to participate in a travelling road-show which starts in Auckland and finishes in Wellington.
Fesar Khiaq, 27, of Yarmouth Road in Watford was jailed for 35 years and James Campbell, 23, of Wellington Street, Luton, for 29 years.
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