Planning applications in and around Radstock this week include:

The Hope House doctors surgery, which will be closed once the new medical centre is opened up on Waterloo Road, could be turned into flats. Under Planning Portal Reference Number PP-10496838, Gloucestershire architect firm LPC (Trull) has put in an application to create eight flats on the site.

In the heritage papers as part of the application, it is stated that Hope House is listed at Grade II and was first added to the statutory list in December 1979. " The property has early C18 origins however it is accepted by all parties that it has been subjected to extensive alterations and the interior has been completely rearranged and little if any, early fabric survives. "

Part of the building was first turned into a doctor's surgery in 1962 while the application states that there has been a property on the site since around 1680.

The planning papers say that : "Radstock is considered to be one the best preserved mining town in England and retains many of the features relating mining activities, however the sources show Hope House remained in use as a farmhouse well into the C19.

....There was property in this location since c.1680, however the present building has been thoroughly remodelled on several occasions and retains little if any historic fabric of any real note."

You can see some photos of the doctors surgery across the decades by clicking HERE: The Heritage statement in full.

Over in Camerton, Crosspath Cottage, on Camerton Hill, under

21/05697/FUL has applied to build a single-storey flat roof extension, first-floor dormer and internal alterations. The homeowners also want to build an extension to a shed on the property. In Midsomer Norton under 21/05706/FUL an application is in to build a two storey side extension, new vehicle access and a drive way at 3 St Mark's Road. Planning Portal Reference: PP-10508902 Planning decisions made this week: In Combe Hay, 2 Rose Cottages at postcode BA2 7EQ has got permission to replace the existing rear extension.