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Revised homes plan is approved

Western Gazette

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June 19, 2025

NEW homes can be built next to a former Somerset mill after revised plans were approved.

- DANIEL MUMBY Local democracy journalist

The Nurseries site is sandwiched between the existing homes on the A371 Cumnock Road and the former BMI site in Castle Cary, where planning permission for 81 homes was granted on appeal in August 2024.

The Nurseries has had planning permission for 24 homes in place since 2008, with work being carried out to clear the site but none of the houses being built.

New owner Biophilic Ltd put forward amended proposals for the same number of homes in January, including a change the access arrangements.

Somerset Council has now given these revised plans the go-ahead - meaning the first bricks could finally be laid before the year is over. Under the original plans, the new homes would have been access from Cumnock Road, using the same access road as the BMI development.

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