Planning news in and around Frome this week 

An application is in for a rear extension and a two story side extension at 24 Briar Close in Frome. Ref. No: 2022/2026/HSE   

A planning application is in for a first floor extension over the garage to make an annex at Highfield in Gypsy Lane Frome 

An application is in for approval of joinery and ducts and pipe work on  2021/281/LBC.  which is for 5 Goose Street in Beckington.  

An application for a non material amendment to 2020/0158/FUL the building of 82 homes at land at Green Pits Lane in Nunney 

And in Buckand Dinham an application has been made for tree works on a Maple at 4 St Michaels Close. Ref. No: 2022/1970/TCA | 

Planning decisions made by Mendip this week include:  

Planners have decided that prior approval not needed for an extension of a farm building to provide a covered feeding area for dairy cattle at Stoke Farm on Kings Road in Stoke St Michael Radstock. 

The planning application for work at Church Farm on the Frome Road in Rode has had an interesting change. At the site the developer is building 44 homes but applied for variations of conditions which could have led to a fall in the number of affordable homes on site. The specific application was for  Variation of condition 9 (Estate Roads), condition 13 (Housing Land Access), condition 15 (Pedestrian Access), condition 17 (Housing Land Drainage Scheme), condition 20 (Tree and Hedge Protection), condition 24 (Noise Mitigation), condition 25 (Construction Environmental Management Plan), condition 29 (Housing Land Parking), condition 34 (Housing Land Refuse and Recycling), condition 35 (Ecological Mitigation), condition 38 (Housing Land Materials) and condition 49 (Housing Land Sample Panel) of permission 2011/3124. That has been refused with Mendip reporting that : " Considering the advanced stage in construction, with all private units sold and occupied, it is not necessary or reasonable to reduce the affordable housing provision and payment of planning obligations to increase developer profits further. " 

Approved, details reserved by condition 6 (European Protected Species Mitigation Licence) on planning consent 2021/1822/FUL. at Ennox Barn on Southfield Hill in Hemington in Radstock. 

Approved, a planning application to convert an existing property at 7 Nedge Hill in Chewton Mendip  into two separate dwellings. 

Refused, an application to bring down the height of a Horse Chestnut at 14 Hillside Drive in Frome 

And in case you missed it: Residents of Norton St Philip are pinning their hopes on the courts putting a stop to new homes being built in the village. Details HERE https://frome.nub.news/news/local-news/village-near-frome-hopes-judicial-review-can-put-brakes-on-unwanted-new-housing-154048