In planning news this week in and around Frome.

Frome Town Council has agreed to pause the stage III of the Market Place regeneration, which includes plans on what to do around the town fountain, in order to carry out more consultations with local businesses and interest groups.

The council heard from one member of the public, that any development of that space, now under the ownership of FTC, may impact the Frome Independent. They pointed out that the market, which sees the whole centre of town closed to traffic, with stalls up and down the main streets, brings in 80,000 visitors a year and at least £3 million into the local economy. These figures, she added, exclude the impact on local hospitality and accommodation, and are five years old.

At the time of writing Nub News is still waiting to hear whether the Frome Independent will resume in 2021, with rumours that there is one planned for August.

The council also responded to a question about the development plans for two sites in Little Keyford and the pre-planning application proposals for Selwood Garden Community, which would see an additional 1,700 homes to the edge of Frome.

Frome Town Council's outline response is that the number of homes needs to reduced, that transport issues need to be addressed, with a focus on more provision for walking, and that the current Frome infrastructure such as the capacity of Frome Medical Centre and local schools, cannot support such a large expansion. You can read the full council statement by clicking HERE : the FTC site .

Once a formal proposal for Selwood goes to Mendip planners, Frome Town Council will be holding a meeting to get feedback from those in Frome and the response will be revised.

In other planning news applications this week include:

The homeowners have applied to cut back a Willow at

Gilstone Cottage, 3 Bethel Place Buckland Dinham,

Ref. No: 2021/1064/TCA

In Nunney there is an application to fell an Acer at Lake Farm House on Ridgeway Lane. Ref. No: 2021/1021/TCA

An application is in to cut back a row of Leylandii - approximately 14 trees - at the Woolpack Inn, at 2 Warminster Road in Beckington .

Ref. No: 2021/1117/TCA.

Planning decisions taken by Mendip planning this week include:

They have refused to approve the details of planning permission 089846/015 which is an application for The Mount in Frome in respect of Schedule 4 (inspection, handover and transfer of open space).

They have approved the application to divert a public right of way in association with Planning Permission Ref: 2018/2711/FUL for land at

Cherry Grove in Frome.

No prior approval is needed In Witham Friary for prior notification of agricultural development to build an extension to an existing building at Quarry Hill Farm, on New Lane. Ref. No: 2021/1119/AGB.

There is no objection to plans to fell a Poplar tree at 5 Long Ground in Frome.

The owners of Hillclose Farm on Cuckoo Lane in Frome have been given approval to build a wooden workshop.

The owners of Newlands on the Bath Road in Stratton on the Fosse, have been given approval to replace a conservatory to the side of their home, raise the roof height, and build a first floor balcony to the front and rear elevations.

Ash die back work under a wood preservation order at Nightingale Lodge on the Orchardleigh Estate in Buckland Dinham has been approved. As has coppicing a line of Laurel and felling a dead Elm at the same location. Details of the work under Ref. No: 2021/0820/TPO.

There is no objection to an application to reduce the height of a Yew at Kerry Cottage at Little Green in Mells.

A proposed rear single storey extension in lieu of an existing conservatory at 29 Wellow Drive in Frome (Ref. No: 2021/0789/HSE) has been approved.

There is no objection to tree works, including cutting down a Laurel at the Old Parsonage on the Cross in Buckland Dinham.

There is no objection to an application to fell a Beech at Birds Cottage in Little Green, Mells.

There is no objection to an application for tree works at the Old Rectory on the High Street in Nunney.

Lifting the crown of a Yew tree at the Wool House at 6 Cork Street in Frome has been approved.

An application for a proposed roof refurbishment at number 1 and 2 on

Trinity Street in Frome (Ref. No: 2021/0458/LBC ) has been withdrawn.

Access and drainage conditions issues for development land at Green Pits Lane in Nunney ( on planning consent 2020/0158/FUL) have been approved.