FOUR one-bedroom apartments could be created above a former betting shop in Yeovil.

Plans have been submitted to Somerset Council to change the use of the first and second floors of 53-55 Middle Street to residential.

Previously used as offices, the plans said access to the dwellings would come through a rear access, off Vicarage Street.

“The change of use relates to the upper floors only and excludes the ground floor (retail) and basement space (storage/ancillary),” it said.

“The proposal seeks to implement four independent dwellings. Each unit comprises one bedroom, with living room/kitchen space and a shower room, or bathroom where unit size permits.

“There is a standalone entrance point (via Vicarage Street) to access the basement, first floor and second floor.”

Cycle storage is proposed at basement level and a bin store at ground-floor level, it added, with no external work proposed.

For more details on the scheme, log on to somerset.gov.uk and search application reference 25/01905/P3MA.

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The rear entrance to the site, from Vicarage Street, Yeovil. Picture: Google