Summerfield Developments have submitted a planning application for a 4,000 sq ft gym area in Unit 5 on Westpark 26 at Chelston once the unit has been built. The gym operator is Anytime Fitness, a 24-hour health and fitness club which operates over 3,000 franchised locations in 20 countries. The gym facilities are open 24 …
Wellington Tennis Club’s application for permission to build a third court at the club’s Playing Fields site has been passed unanimously at a Taunton Deane Borough Council planning meeting this week. Club President Sue Rackley said, “It’s tremendous news for the Club as it will secure its future. We can offer more court time for …
The organisers of Wellington Carnival Street Fair are delighted to report that, despite the event being four months ahead on Sunday 4th June, a quarter of the stalls available have already been booked. Organiser Louise Brierley said, “We would urge any local businesses or traders who would like to book a stall to contact us as …
News that Bath Place in Taunton is to be improved has been greeted with dismay by Cornhill trader, Sharon Davis who owns Interiors and Flowers. Hearing of the plans for Bath Place Sharon Davis said, “This is absolutely shocking. I don’t know what to say. You look at what we’ve got here in Wellington [in …
One of Wellington’s grand Edwardian houses is for sale at a price of half-a-million pounds. The Grange in Wellesley Park – easily recognisable for its hexagonal bay window and turret – was until recently used by the Abbeyfield Society as a Care Home with many of its attractive period features retained, including a grand straight-rise …
Town councillors refused an application to demolish a garden wall in Eight Acre Lane that would have created off-street parking for two cars. The major grounds for turning down the plan were the proximity of the garden to an already hazardous roundabout, the need to reverse out on to a narrow lane, and the wall …
Urgently needed repairs to large potholes in North St car park are being delayed because of drivers using the car park as an illegal short-cut from Fore St to North St – cutting out a wait at the town centre traffic lights. Former mayor Dave Mitton raised the issue of repairs at September’s town council …
Town councillors are standing firm against Cades Farm developers who want to back out of a renewable energy commitment. The original planning permission for the current stage of the estate specified that 10% of the energy requirement would come from “decentralised, renewable or low-carbon” sources. Developers applied for the requirement to be removed. The council …
Wet windy weather is making life miserable for people using new bus stops at Cades Farm that should have had bus shelters paid for by developers months ago. “Section 106 money amounting to around £10,000 to provide for shelters seems not to have been paid over to Taunton Deane and this needs pursuing,” Cllr John …
Councillors have once again voted against a scheme to demolish the derelict Hayman’s Mill at Westford and build eight houses on the site. Local residents turned out to the town council meeting to voice their opposition. “This development will be between two blind corners on a narrow road and, without a play area for Westford …
Wetherspoons project in the Old Town Hall is a key part of the pub chain’s newly announced plans to expand the business by 200 pubs and 15,000 jobs in the next five years. However, the discovery of what a spokesman describes as “an ornate timber ceiling dating back to the building original use as the …
