A BRUTON farm could soon host more than a dozen weddings a year – if plans are approved.
New House Farm, in Godminster Lane, has applied to Somerset Council for permission to host up to 20 weddings each year, with a marquee erected on the land for the summer season.
The planning application comes after a partner at the farm held his own wedding at the site, which is a beef-rearing enterprise with 120 acres of land at Bruton and 100 acres at Godminster.
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“Based on the success of that event, and following confirmation that similar events are able to take place on the land for up to 28 days within any calendar year, this application now seeks approval for a maximum of 20 individual weddings (or other events) but with the main marquee remaining on site (rather than being erected and dismantled in connection with each event) throughout the season, from May 1 until September 30 every year,” it said.
“Other than the marquee remaining in situ for five months of the year and there being a total of no more than 20 individual events, the activity will be no different to that which can be undertaken utilising permitted development rights.”
No building work is required and traffic movements would be “staggered”, the plans added.
The applicants said it was “intended that any amplified music will stop no later than 11pm on a Friday or Saturday evening”.
“Setting up and clearing up on any weekday, Sunday or bank holiday will be limited to the hours between 8am and 8pm,” the application added.
The venture would “further contribute to the viability and profitability of the farm business”, the application said.
No no no, I live at the bottom of Godminster Lane, traffic is like a death trap down there now.