Plans to get the go-ahead for 49 homes in a Somerset village, turn a coaching inn into houses, and build a kids' nursery in a paddock are among the schemes people are trying to get planning permission ...

Plans for light industrial units at Somerset Timber Services on Allerford Road in Allerford -Credit:Property Plans New industrial units at a saw mill, commercial space near a major housing development ...

There's another one nearby, in Fall River, that opened up in 2022 at SouthCoast Marketplace. The planning board's agenda states that the restaurant chain is seeking approval "to construct a new ...

Somerset Council says there is a national shortage of planning officers A national shortage of planning officers is being blamed for a backlog of planning applications. Somerset Council said it has ...

Council officers have been forced to take "critical actions" to try and speed up their planning system. Somerset Council said the growing backlog of applications meant the workload of its staff ...

A national shortage of planning officers is being blamed for a backlog of planning applications. Somerset Council said it has around 2,300 applications waiting to be processed. The council is now ...