In planning news in and around Midsomer Norton this week.

Planners are being asked to discharge one of the conditions on the application for 81 homes on land at Cobblers Way, in Westfield. They are considering condition 13 of application 14/04003/OUT (Outline planning application (all matters reserved aside from access) for the residential dwellings and associated works on land at the former St Peter's Factory.

In Paulton homeowners of 22 Woodview, under application 21/02696/FUL have applied to build a two storey side extension.

B&NES planning department decisions made this week include:

They have discharged one of the conditions of the planning application to build 15 homes on land along the Wells Road, in Hallatrow. That is condition five of the application of 15/01335/OUT allowed on appeal in August 2016. The homes will be built on a land of Parcel 3615.

An application at 7 Hillside View, in Welton for a single storey rear extension has been approved.

The planning application for a single storey rear extension at 45 Wells Road, in Westfield, has been approved.

An application for a garage at 9 Plumptre Road, in Paulton has also been approved.

An application for a single storey flat roof extension at Brockvale, in High Park, in Paulton.

And planners have no objection to tree works at The Magpies, on Mill Road, in Radstock, which will mean the felling of ten trees and a row of conifers.

Meanwhile the supermarket group Aldi has announced it is still looking for a site to locate a new store in Midsomer Norton.

The company, the fifth largest in the UK, is on the lookout for 13 new store locations in Somerset.

The areas in Somerset where it is now looking for sites include Chard, Wells and Bath.

Aldi, which now has more than 900 stores across the UK, is looking for freehold town-centre or edge-of-centre sites suitable for development.

It says each site should be around 1.5 acres and able to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces, ideally on a prominent main road and with good visibility and access.

National Property Director at Aldi Ciaran Aldridge, UK, said: "We have been investing in Britain for more than 30 years now, but we know that there are still areas that either do not have an Aldi at all, or that need another store to meet customer demand.

"Shoppers are increasingly looking to get unbeatable prices on their weekly shop without compromising on quality. That's why, more so than ever, we're keen to explore all opportunities to open new stores across the country."

The full list of locations it is targeting in Somerset are:

Chard

Cheddar

Keynsham

Nailsea

Taunton

Wellington

Wells

Weston-super-Mare

Bath

Frome

Midsomer Norton

Wincanton

Yeovil