https://somersetdaily.co.uk/tags/woodlandscastle/Recent content in woodlandscastle on Somerset DailyHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usWed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/somerset-council-faces-bill-after-misleading-information-costs-taxpayers-over-care-home-appeal/Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:00:00 +0000https://somersetdaily.co.uk/somerset-council-faces-bill-after-misleading-information-costs-taxpayers-over-care-home-appeal/Somerset taxpayers are now facing a potentially substantial financial burden after Somerset Council lost an appeal concerning a proposed care home near the M5 motorway. The site in question is the grade II listed Woodlands Castle on Ruishton Lane, Ruishton, located close to the Taunton Gateway park and ride and junction 25 of the M5. In May 2024, developer Belstone Fox from Plymouth submitted plans to construct a new care home within the castle grounds, alongside 18 new residential properties and the conversion of the historic building into a single dwelling—a restoration project alone estimated to cost nearly £2.