Planning news in and around Radstock this week:

An application has been put in to build a single detached dwelling at 43 Radstock Road, in Midsomer Norton. Details under 21/05102/FUL.

The homeowners of 19 Fosseway Gardens, in Westfield (under application 21/05045/FUL) have applied to build a single storey rear extension.

Over in Farmborough work to subdivide the Old Waggon & Horses, at Hobbs Wall into two separate dwellings continues, with an application

21/05107/COND, to discharge of condition 2 of application 21/03163/FUL. In planning decisions made by B&NES this week, the resubmitted application to build a new front extension at 36 Waldegrave Terrace, in Radstock has been permitted. Homeowners have applied to build a new front extension comprising stone walls, double glazing and a tiled roof following of demolition of existing front extension (sunroom). Also in Radstock, planners have agreed that four Hawthorn trees at 49 Lower Whitelands, which have grown to over 12ft in height, can be felled. And an application to build front and side extensions, put in a loft conversion, and build a detached garage at Greenways, in Stoneage Lane, in Tunley, has been withdrawn.

Meantime the Local Democracy Reporter Stephen Sumner reports, that the decision on a controversial Keynsham employment site has been delayed.

Fears have been raised that a new industrial estate planned in Keynsham could expose more residents to noise and disruption.

Councillor Andy Wait said homeowners were "cursed" by living next to a concrete plant and Bath and North East Somerset Council risked making the same mistake again.

Almost 150 people have objected to plans for buildings spanning up to 5,700sqm for business, industrial process, general industrial and storage uses on a site off Bath Road that the authority has allocated as employment land.

Keynsham Town Council said the plans were unacceptable as it would harm road safety and create further congestion, while Saltford Parish Council feared the applicants had "grossly underestimated" the number of vehicle movements.

Both councils said the development would add another junction on the busy A4 and should not be built before improvements are made to local infrastructure.

Councillor Wait, the ward member for Keynsham East, said Van Dyke Avenue residents' lives continued to be "cursed" by the behaviour and attitude of occupiers of an industrial site nearby.

He told planning committee members on November 17: "It appears that B&NES Council are at risk of making the same mistake again.

"As we've seen elsewhere in Keynsham, having a B2 site [used for general industrial purposes] so close to many houses is a recipe for disaster. There's no reason why another concrete making plant couldn't go there, or even an iron foundry. Light industrial use should be the maximum allowable activity.

"The type of industrial activity being considered is inappropriate for the site." Mike Williams, whose Bath Road home adjoins the site, said the land is only one part of a wider development and there should be an adequate, long-term primary access route for the whole site. But Ralph Salmon, the director of joint applicant St Congar, told members: "This application brings forward employment and will create jobs on a site that's allocated for employment in your Local Plan. "There is no highways objection. The new junction into the site is compliant with standards and is safe for all users of the A4." Planning officer Chris Griggs-Trevarthan said the site had been allocated for employment since 2014, adding: "We've already anticipated the vehicle movements that would be generated by the wider employment site. There's 30,000sqm of industrial floorspace that's meant to come forward across the whole allocation. "That's already been built into assessments of what the local network can accommodate. There's not a need for further infrastructure improvements to come forward to accommodate these vehicle movements other than the things secured by this application." Planning committee members were not convinced, with Cllr Shaun Hughes suggesting the council was seeking the cheapest access, not the best. Keynsham East's Cllr Hal MacFie said an exit onto World's End Lane was the "natural route" for lorries. "We could end up with a cement place doing 150 vehicles movements and at the other end a distribution centre doing another 150," he said. "We've seen people's lives severely impacted because a B2 use was put too close to them. We shouldn't have B2." He called for a site visit so members can understand the issues, which Cllr Lucy Hodge said should happen at the start or end of the school day. The motion was supported by the committee.