The Wells Journal of 8th November bore the headline “Plans for 220 new homes revealed for green field site.” This is, as you might imagine, “fake news” as the development was granted outline consent (2014/1522) on appeal (3129620) some two years ago. However, the real news is contained in the last sentence at the end of the report: “A reserved matters application will be submitted shortly with construction forecast to begin mid-2019.” This application 2018/2626 has recentl

Car Washes The application for the one at Palace Farm has been approved as has one at the Cold Store (2018/0440)………….as have ones at Tesco and beside the Cold Store.No excuse for dirty cars now! Pubs etc. An application has been submitted for renovation of The Mermaid and provision of 8 “boutique” letting rooms upstairs. (2018/1650 & 1718).The latter application for development of the outbuildings has been withdrawn.

Many will be aware of the parlous state of the King’s Head. I have contacted Cllr Nigel Taylor who is the portfolio holder for Planning Enforcement and also Jayne Boldy, Mendip Conservation Officer about this and also the state of Barclays Bank frontage. I set out below extracts from relevant emails to Jayne Boldy and then her reply: To my mind and from my experience, as the condition of the pub “adversely affects the amenity of the area”, this should be a prime candidate f

The appeal against refusal (3184981) was dismissed, mainly on the ground that the applicants had failed to carry out an adequate search for a suitable site. Since then an application (2018/2647) has been submitted with a site in the south east corner of the petrol station between the car wash and the boundary with houses on Bath Road and Manning Close.The good news is that the owners of Budgens have withdrawn their consent to use their land as the site for the proposed mast.A