A SOMERSET football club is looking to expand facilities at its ground.

Watchet Town FC has submitted a planning application to Somerset Council for an extension to its clubhouse at Helwell Lane to provide changing facilities.

Little detail was revealed in the plans, but they suggest the changing rooms could be built to the north of the clubhouse.

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The extension would also see the car parking spaces reduced from 12 to nine.

The plans for the clubhouse Picture: Watchet Town FC

The club, which was founded in 1887, plays in the Uhlsport Somerset County League, with its clubhouse and main pitches found on the Watchet War Memorial Ground adjacent to the heritage West Somerset railway line.

To view and comment on the plans, visit somerset.gov.uk and search reference 3/37/25/001.

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