Midsomer Norton High Street is being lined up for a regeneration project as Bath & North East Somerset Council is looking to bring life back to some of its towns.

The council has successfully bid for £750,000 funding from the West of England Combined Authority's Housing and Regeneration Enabling Fund to create regeneration action plans and masterplans for four town centres.

The first action plan to be developed will be for Radstock town centre. Keynsham and Twerton will follow and work will begin on the Midsomer project in 2024.

All four projects will agree priority project ideas and seek funding to deliver improvements to revitalise the town centres with delivery expected from 2024-25 onwards.

The council is also due to launch work on its new Local Plan for the district in September which will provide a new overall planning framework for Midsomer Norton.

Cllr Mark Roper, cabinet assistant for Neighbourhood Services, said: "The plans will mean real change can be achieved and further funding sought to support the needs of our communities.

Metro Mayor Dan Norris said: "Our high streets are the beating hearts of local communities and central to the very identities of the towns and villages that make our amazing West of England region. That is why regenerating our high streets and town centres is front and centre of the work of the West of England Combined Authority. This £750,000 cash injection from the Combined Authority I am so proud to lead as Metro Mayor represents an important step as we look to give the people of Radstock, Twerton, Keynsham and Midsomer Norton high streets and town centres matching up to their hopes and ambitions."

Find out more about high street renewal in Bath and North East Somerset at https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/BathnesHighStreetRenewal