LAND behind a Somerset town pub is for sale – with planning permission for three houses.

A courtyard to the rear of The Bear Inn, in Market Place, is being marketed by Allen Heritage with a guide price of £125,000.

It comes after a planning application for a two-bed two-storey house and two three-bed two-and-a-half-storey houses were submitted and approved last year.

In the planning application for the homes, the yard – a former car park behind the pub – was described as “un-used and semi-derelict”.

The listing said: “Full planning consent has been granted for the construction of three high-quality new residential dwellings to the rear of The Bear Inn, Wincanton.

“The approved scheme comprises two three-bed homes and one two-bed home, each designed with traditional materials, private gardens and allocated parking.

“An energy-efficient design including air-source heat pumps, with provision for photovoltaic panels as outlined in the supporting planning documents.”

It said the site was a “private and enclosed courtyard located behind the Grade II-listed Bear Inn”.

“A former car park, the site consists mainly of hardstanding with tall boundary walls, forming a rare and discreet town-centre development plot within Wincanton’s conservation area,” it added.

For more details, see the property listing on Right Move at rightmove.co.uk/properties/169661126#/?channel=COM_BUY.

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