In planning news in and around Frome this week:

Two big decisions made locally this week.

Mendip planners have ruled that there is no objection to application SCC/3795/2021, that is the application for the operation and restoration of Westdown Quarry, including the construction of an upgraded access road. The application (original planning reference 70 - dated 1 November 1947) concerns bringing the quarry, not used for decades, back on line, with Hanson saying it will create 30 new jobs. The revival of the quarry - to supply aggregate which will be used in the High Speed Rail Link, so called HS2 - extends across an area of 54 hectares. Opponents were against the plans because the quarry is alongside Asham Woods, which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The application covers the wards of Cranmore, Doulting and Nunney.

In case you missed it, revised plans for an incinerator in Westbury have been passed, although opponents are taking their campaign to appeal to the Secretary of State. The £200m waste-to-energy incinerator, which had been formally opposed by Frome Town Council, sits on the edge of Westbury and is close to the Arla milk plant. The company, which fears that the development will lead to contamination at their works, has promised to continue to fight the plans.

Other applications this week.

An application is in to demolish a polycarbonate green house in order to build a single storey extension at 30 Broadway in Frome. Details under application Ref. No: 2021/1437/HSE.

Also in Frome an application to demolish the garage, conservatory and coal shed and build a single storey rear and side extension at 7 Lewis Crescent in the town, that's under application : 2021/1211/HSE.

An application is in for prior approval for a proposed change of use of from an agricultural building into a home at land At E:375689 N:143071 on Millards Hill Trudoxhill Frome Somerset BA11 5FS. That is under

Ref. No: 2021/1477/PAA .

Other decisions this week:

They have approved plans to build a dormer to the rear roof, an entrance lobby to rear and a garden workshop at 59 Naishs Street in Frome.

Ruled lawful, plans to build a single storey rear extension at 31 Woodhayes Road in Frome.

Planners have approved renovations, to include front porch extension and rear chimney addition to existing bungalow at Foxbury on Marston Lane in Frome.

Over in Mells, an application to build a two storey side and single storey rear extension, car port and associated access at 1 Underhill Cottages on Little Green has been approved.

In Beckington, an application for change of use from an existing garage/office building into a residential annex with a new building to accommodate office space and a home gym, at Tower Hill on Barn Mill Lane, has been approved.

Plans to build a dormer extension at 48 Farley Dell in Coleford have been refused.

While Mendip planners have approved internal alterations to create an en-suite at Little Oakhill on Brewery Lane in Oakhill.