Planning news in and around Midsomer Norton this week:

An application has been made by Paulton Ambulance Station , on Salisbury Road to cut back an Oak tree. Details under 23/01119/TPO

Midway on the Radstock Road( App Ref: 23/00789/FUL) has applied to put in a new flat roof with a lantern roof, and a pitched roof to an existing garage.

Old Welton Hill Farm on Binces Lodge Lane Midsomer Norton - has put in an application for a replacement building to be used as a yoga studio with treatment rooms and associated works, to follow the demolition of existing barn. App Ref: 23/00359/FUL

Welton Baptist Church on West Road has made another application for updates to the building. 23/00359/FUL

5 Church Square in Midsomer Norton has put in an application to reduce the height of a Tamarisk tree. Ref: 23/00924/FUL

18 Orchard Avenue Midsomer wants to build a front porch. Ref: 23/00958/FUL

21 Charlton Park Midsomer Norton has put an application to build a two storey side extension. App Ref: 22/04815/FUL. There is a long discussion on whether this application is in keeping with the local homes, by Midsomer Norton Town Council. Councillors did not object to the application, but commented on the exterior finish may not be in keeping with local buildings.

3 Railway View Place Midsomer Norton has put in an application to replace an existing extension 22/04815/FUL

And you can see the workings of the latest Midsomer Norton Town Council planning meeting HERE which includes a discussion on the planned upgrade of a mast at the rugby club on Silver Street.

And in case you missed this from the Local Democracy Reporter

The owners of a historic cottage on the edge of Bath are trying again to replace it with two new houses.

Owners Jeremy and Sarah Flavell plan to demolish the 1850s Waterworks Cottage on Charlcombe Way and replace it with two "unashamedly modern" houses.

They have submitted a new planning application to Bath and North East Somerset Council just months after similar plans were thrown out. The design and access statement submitted with the application says this "will enhance the site and its surrounding areas."

It is the latest stage in a planning battle, which began in November 2020, to replace the cottage with new homes.

In September 2022, it was ruled that the Flavells would not need prior approval to knock down the cottage, subject to the demolition happening within five years. The current planning application states: "the demolition is now in the process of being actioned."

The cottage dates from the 1850s, when it housed people who worked at the nearby waterwork. Attempts to get the historic building listed have failed.

An application to build two four-bedroom homes on the site after demolishing the cottage was thrown out by the council in January, who said the plan was "unacceptable and fails to contribute and respond to the local context."

It also stated that the size of the new homes would cause "significant harm" to the amenity Waterworks Cottage's next door neighbours in Combe House.

But less than two months after the plans were rejected, the owners are back with a new application, reducing the size of the houses and, instead of placing them next to each other, putting one a little further down the hill.

The application states the new proposal is a "well-considered, revised design scheme, which has assessed the site, its context and surroundings and responds positively to the previous planning applications."

You can view and comment on the application here: https://www.bathnes.gov.uk/webforms/planning/details.html?refval=23/00895/FUL