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Barratt Bristol donates £1,500 to Somerset hospice to fund 18 patient visits
25 new homes planned near historic pub in small Somerset village
High-performing Somerset school opens new state-of-the-art facilities
Council urged to protect historic Somerset mill after regen funding removed
Former care home to be turned into 28 houses despite traffic fears
Century-long wait for £105m Somerset bypass goes on after new delay
Vacant building near historic Taunton street could become new homes
Taunton man left waiting months for multiple repairs to council flat
Somerset rail service branded 'a disgrace' by transport campaigner
Plans for 80 new homes on outskirts of Somerset village near major A-road
Plans to repurpose part of former Taunton Police Station approved despite objections
New 86-home development planned for small Somerset village
Montacute plot with planning permission goes on sale for over £600,000
Somerset station and key Glastonbury Festival travel route set for redevelopment
Taunton planning decisions: October 16-22, 2026
Letter: Let's put homes on the long-undeveloped Taunton Firepool site
Revised plans for 77 new homes near Mendip Hills in Wells
50 homes with "scratty little gardens" coming to Wells as plans approved
Museum plans exciting move to bigger home in heart of Somerset town
Councillors to lose say on new Taunton park after last-minute objections
Homeless Somerset veterans struggling to access emergency housing
Ruby club nears £30k target for flood lights upgrade
Taylor Wimpey lobbied Somerset Council for three years over M5 'garden village'
Elderly Somerset woman can't sell house due to proximity of 160 new homes
Refusal of new Lidl supermarket in Cheddar could be overturned
Six challenges in the way of the Somerset Levels becoming a national park
Two months of roadworks needed to deliver new Taunton bus gate by Christmas
Work to begin on new bungalows in small Somerset village near A303
Small Somerset villages urged to "amass evidence" to stop inappropriate housing
Update issued on rumoured hotel plans for historic Somerset prison
Rain and new Devon passing loop needed to revive Somerset railway line
Approved development for Musgrove Hospital part of 'long-term planning', trust says
Plans approved to demolish ward at Musgrove Hospital for new radiotherapy bunker
Work to build 48 flats on key Yeovil regeneration site to begin in 2027
Regeneration of former Taunton Poundstretcher site back on the table
'Perverse' plans for 70 homes near popular Somerset car boot site approved
Plans for new Lidl supermarket in Somerset village refused
Beloved Somerset rugby club urges council to back 'last chance' relocation plans
Regeneration of key town centre site may only deliver 153 'unaffordable' homes
Taunton planning decisions: October 2-8, 2026
Somerset shopping centre unveils £3.2m transformation and new M&S store
New takeaway plans rejected amid concerns for youngsters' health
Somerset Council pushes for devolution funding boost after £5.2m windfall
Small Somerset village loses out on £33,000 following council decision
Somerset social care academy could be shut down, Somerset Council admits
Why nobody wants this 130-year-old Somerset site being given away for free
Speed limit to be cut on key M5 stretch in Somerset amid weeks of roadworks
Key A-road through Taunton to close one way ahead of major roadworks
Petition for new Musgrove Park maternity unit handed in at Downing Street
Rural Somerset business park set to expand as plans approved
Plans to change 'minging' Taunton office block into 111 flats given green light
Plans lodged to turn Somerset farm into specialist school for vulnerable youth
Plans for 765 homes, primary school and care home in town unanimously approved
Nearly 50 new homes planned on side of busy A-road in growing Somerset village