UP TO 50 storage containers could be installed in a field near Wiveliscombe.
Plans have been submitted to Somerset Council by GTH on behalf of Farrington Farms to change the use of a 2.5-acre (0.32 hectare) agricultural site at Frys Farm, in Quakinghouse Lane, Croford.
The scheme would see 50 containers installed in the field, expanding the current self-storage business.
“The self-storage business has been very successful and there is a growing demand for additional self storage in this location, which the applicant is unable to accommodate,” the application said.
“The relocation of the self storage containers from Frys Farm will provide an improvement to highway safety and residential amenity for the residents along Frys Lane, which is extremely narrow with no passing places.”
How the containers could be laid out if plans are approved for Frys Farm. Picture: GTH/Somerset Council
It said the site, in the northern corner of a largely triangular-shaped field, is accessed via an existing route off Quakinghouse Lane.
“The proposed site would also reduce the distance that customers to the self-storage facility have to travel, with the proposed site being located much closer to the B3227, which is the direction from which Frys Farm and the proposed development is accessed,” it added.
Planning permission was previously granted for 15 storage containers at Frys Farm.
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