The 20 Largest Housing Developments Approved in Somerset in 2025 Friday, December 19, 2025 somerset housing development planning construction phosphates appeals localplan infrastructure community Over the past 12 months, Somerset has approved more than 3,600 new homes across its 20 largest development sites, marking a significant step toward addressing long-standing housing shortages. Despite challenges such as the … Read More
Plans for 150 Homes Near A303 in Ilminster Officially Withdrawn Monday, December 8, 2025 ilminster a303 development housing planning flooding phosphates infrastructure environment dairygold Plans to construct 150 new homes and commercial premises near the A303 in Ilminster have been officially scrapped, nearly six years after the initial proposal. The site in question is the former Horlicks factory on Station … Read More
Historic Former Somerset Mill to Become 46 New Homes Tuesday, November 4, 2025 vineybridgemill crewkerne somerset development heritage phosphates housing planning construction regeneration A housing developer is celebrating after plans to convert the historic Viney Bridge Mill in Somerset into 46 homes have been approved. The former mill, located just off A356 South Street in Crewkerne, was sold at auction in … Read More
Council Considers Overruling Legal Advice to Unlock 12,000 Somerset Homes Saturday, November 1, 2025 somerset phosphates housing development naturalengland mitigation ecology wessexwater planning council Somerset Council is exploring a bold move to accelerate the construction of thousands of new homes by potentially disregarding existing legal advice tied to phosphate pollution control. Approximately 12,000 homes across the … Read More
Council Considers Dropping Legal Advice to Unlock Thousands of Homes in Somerset Saturday, November 1, 2025 somerset housing phosphates development environment planning wessexwater naturalengland mitigation legaadvice Somerset Council is exploring the possibility of disregarding long-standing legal advice linked to phosphate regulations, which has delayed approximately 12,000 new homes across the county. This move comes as efforts to … Read More
Small Somerset village near A303 to grow by nearly 15% with new housing development Monday, October 20, 2025 somerset queencamel housing development a303 ashfordhomes planning affordablehousing phosphates infrastructure Queen Camel, a small village in Somerset located near the A303, is poised to grow substantially after official approval of a new housing development. The plans, initially submitted in August 2019 by the Case family, propose … Read More