Radstock Nub News has been told that the new health centre on Waterloo Road will be open in spring next year.

The work on the building was delayed by coronavirus and then later by some problems with contractors.

But we have been told by the regional Clinical Commissioning Group that the centre is due for completion in the spring of next year, but there is no more information available.

The Hope House Centre will provide a new home for the town's Hope House GP surgery and Children's Centre services as well as offering a range of other services such as minor operations, chronic disease management and family planning. It will also offer diabetic eye screening, physiotherapy, a diabetes prevention programme and counselling services which local people would otherwise need to travel to Paulton Hospital or the Royal United Hospitals in Bath to access.

The Centre was paid for by £2.4m from the NHS England and NHS Improvement Estates and Technology Transformation Fund as well as £4.3m of investment from Hope House Surgery, Bath and North East Somerset Council, Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and local organisation Big Local.

Meantime in other planning news:

In Timsbury an application is in for tree work at Cheam House, Maggs Hill. Under 21/04911/TCA they want to reduce the height of a Rowan by 2 metres and a Maple tree at the property back to its original size.

An application is in for Old Hayhurst House, on Stoneage Lane, in Tunley, (under 21/04883/FUL) for a change of use. The homeowners want to change a mono-pitched single storey extension into double pitch roof to create usable roof space for en-suite bathroom.

Planning decisions this week include: Cameley House, on Cameley Road BS39 5AJ has had its application for the replacement of a carport permitted.

While in Publow an application for prior approval for a change of use of an agricultural building to home, at Little Haven Barn, Birchwood Lane, has been withdrawn.

And in case you missed it, this from the Local Democracy Reporter.

A wholly affordable development could bring 15 homes to Bath despite past fears for the green belt.

After unsuccessfully appealing the refusal of its plans to build 18 affordable properties off Deadmill Lane, Millen Homes is having another go.

It says scaling back its proposals will reduce the pressure on site and allow a greater degree of openness and permeability through the site.

Bath and North East Somerset Council previously denied planning permission due to the impact on the green belt and conservation area, and concerns about flooding and the access route.

Dismissing the appeal, planning inspector Neil Pope said the development would "result in the loss of the unspoilt, green open qualities of the site and erode the pleasing contribution the site makes to the landscape setting of this part of Bath".

He said the social and economic benefits of the new homes did not outweigh the harm to the World Heritage Site.

Millen Homes said in its new application: "As was clearly understood by the inspector as part of the appeal there remains an extant need for affordable housing consisting of over 100 persons in the locality."

It said providing affordable homes for the local community meant it was not an inappropriate development in the green belt, and the two grass fields that would be lost were not a key feature of the conservation area.

Millen Homes said in its application: "The proposed dwellings would incorporate a number of sustainable measures including renewable energy, rain water harvesting and thermally efficient envelopes meaning the buildings would be affordable in respect of utility bills and help fight climate change.

"The provision of 15 new homes for solely affordable purposes is considered to carry significant weight in the planning balance and hence planning permission should be approved without delay."

B&NES Council will consider the outline application, reference 21/04746/OUT.