Planning news in and around Midsomer Norton this week:

An application is in to the planning team at B&NES to replace an unregistered static caravan next to the Old Chapel in Paulton with a detached three bedroomed home. Details under PP-11077169 which also include the building of a detached garage.

An application is in for a change of use to turn 1 Riverside Cottages in Radstock into five flats. Details on the planning portal under. PP-10437931. The application has been made by a company based in Street and is for an additional dwelling from an application first approved in July 2021.

An extract from the new planning application for the address in Radstock.

Planning decisions made by B&NES this week include:

Consent given to the supermarket Tesco at Old Mills in Paulton to pollard seven Willows on site and to fell two Silver Birch trees.

A planning condition of consent given to build a home following the demolition of an existing bungalow at Woodland View on Single Hill in Shoscombe, has been discharged.

And in case you missed it the outline planning application for the erection of up to 255 dwellings (including 30% affordable housing) with public open space up at Writhlington has been refused.

The decision to turn down the application put in by Gladman developments was that the site, off Orchid Way , is in open countryside and the proposed development would be located outside any Housing Development Boundary or Development Limits contrary to the Development Plan for Bath and North East Somerset.

An extract from the planning site, showing where the homes would be built

Additionally planners said: "The extent and quality of facilities and amenities and the level of employment opportunities available locally would not limit the need of future residents to travel by private car or deliver a well-connected development which is genuinely accessible by sustainable means of transport. The proposed development thereby undermines the Councils' sustainable transport ambitions and Bath and North East Somerset's climate emergency targets."

The border-site would have seen approximately 220 dwellings in B&NES and 35 dwellings in Mendip who also opposed the plans saying they would have a detrimental impact on the landscape and also put unsustainable numbers of cars onto the A362, particularly at commuting times.

A total of 76 letters objecting to the plans were sent to B&NES including from CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England) and the Writhlington Action Group.

But this application (21/04509/OUT) was the second time that the green field site at the top of Radstock had been the focus of planning proposals and it is not known if the developer is to appeal.