Somerset Council approves variety of planning applications

Summarised from 2 outlets · 3 reports · Updated 11 Oct, 06:19 · Archive

Somerset Council has made numerous planning decisions across the Bridgwater and Taunton areas in recent weeks, approving conversions, extensions and tree works.

Somerset Council has made a series of planning decisions affecting properties across the Bridgwater and Taunton areas. Several residential conversion projects received approval, including the conversion of an outbuilding at Nythe Farm in Pedwell with a front-facing dormer, and a garage conversion into living space at Carlton Drive in Bridgwater. A two-storey extension was approved for West Bower Cottages in Durleigh.

Tree works and listed building consents also featured prominently in recent decisions. Permission was granted to fell a sycamore tree at Stonecroft in Fiddington, and two poplar trees will be removed at Pepperpot Cottage in Nether Stowey. Halswell House in Goathurst received multiple listed building consents for courtyard and garden works, whilst Ferrydown House in North Petherton was approved for re-roofing and re-rendering.

Some applications were refused. Plans to convert a garage and bedroom into two one-bedroom flats at Malvern House in East Brent, which included a single-storey extension, were rejected. An application to build two new homes on land off Frog Lane in Durston was also refused. In the Taunton area, an application to convert an agricultural building into a home at Stables, Hillside Farm, West Leigh Lane in Lydeard St Lawrence, was likewise refused.

How it is being reported

• Bridgwater planning decisions: September 20-October 3, 2026Here are the latest planning decisions made in and around Bridgwater by Somerset Council.Bridgwater Mercury · 11 Oct, 05:00
• Latest Taunton planning decisions: September 25-October 1, 2026Here are the latest planning decisions made in and around Taunton by Somerset Council.Somerset County Gazette · 11 Oct, 05:00
• Bridgwater planning applications: September 20-October 3, 2026Here are the latest planning applications in and around Bridgwater submitted to Somerset Council.Bridgwater Mercury · 11 Oct, 05:00

In this story: Somerset Council · Bridgwater · Taunton · Durleigh · Goathurst · East Brent · Durston

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