The scheme would be built on a farm site off the A371 Haybridge Hill in Wells. Pictures: Google/Wain Homes/Place by Design/Somerset Council

Details of 50 new homes in Wells revealed in fresh planning application

Paul JonesSeptember 11, 20250 Comment0

DETAILED plans for 50 new homes in Wells have been submitted.

The scheme, approved on appeal in August last year, will see the new properties built on land at New House Farm.

Following the granting of outline permission, a reserved matters planning application – featuring more details – has been submitted to Somerset Council by Wain Homes (Severn Valley) Limited.

A separate application for two extra homes on additional land has also been filed.

The site concerned includes a farmhouse, outbuildings and field accessed from the A371 Haybridge Hill, spanning around 2.6 hectares, the application said.

It borders Wells Touring Park to the north and the rear of Elm Close properties to the south.

In a decision dated September 5, 2023, the application was refused by Somerset Council on the grounds it was in the ‘open countryside’, concerns over highway safety, potential increases in phosphate levels, a lack of information on the impact on conservation areas, excessive water run-off, and ‘odour nuisance’.

However, the application was granted approval following an appeal in in a decision announced in August last year.

How the 50 properties could be laid out. Picture: Wain Homes/Place by Design/Somerset Council

Now, the detailed plans reveal homes created under the scheme would be made up of; four one-bed apartments, two two-bed apartments, 14 two-bed houses, 20 three-bed houses, seven four-bed houses and three five-bed houses.

A total of 122 parking spaces would also be created, as well as 20 affordable homes and “areas for recreation and play, as well as wild areas for biodiversity”, the application added.

The application concluded: “Extensive consideration has been given to design, compliance with the outline application and policies within the local plan, to create a high-quality development that contributes positively to the identity and character of the local area.”

For more details on the scheme, and to comment, log on to somerset.gov.uk and search application reference 2025/1561/REM.