Formal launch of judicial review over development

EFFORTS to block a contentious housing development in Castle Cary through a judicial review have taken a step forward.

- DANIEL MUMBY Local democracy journalist

The Yarlington housing association was granted permission on appeal in April 2019 to build 27 new homes on the Foxes Run site, which lies off Bridgewater Buildings at the southwestern edge of Castle Cary.

‘Abri (which replaced Yarlington as part of a merger in late-2020) has been urged by local residents to scrap the development, with local historians claiming that the land includes an unexploded bomb dropped by the Luftwaffe in 1942.

‘The developer (which has strongly denied the presence of such a bomb) allegedly began initial work on clearing the site in April 2022, after the initial planning permission had expired - with local councillor Henry Hobhouse calling in October 2022 for the permission to be quashed.