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Plan-it Somerset
Planning policy news
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 We're preparing to launch an environmental ‘call for sites’ in May. The ‘call for sites’ will seek submissions of land promoted for the delivery of phosphate mitigation schemes (with nutrient mitigation funding available to assist delivery, subject to eligibility criteria) and/or biodiversity net gain (BNG).
The idea is to understand the level of interest from landowners and to then assess and prioritise sites based on a transparent process and criteria. Prioritised sites will then go on to enter negotiations to legally secure the promoted land for these purposes with the Council.
Once legally secured (and, in the case of BNG proposals registered on the national biodiversity gain sites register), sites can then sell phosphate credits and biodiversity units generated to developers for their use in meeting requirements on new development sites. By legally securing the right phosphate mitigation and BNG sites in the right places, we can support the delivery of new development in Somerset, deliver for nature recovery, and maximise wider benefits to Somerset.
Further information about the ‘call for sites’ and how to respond to it will be published in May.
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Public consultation has now closed on the proposals to update the Mendip Local Plan Part II. These proposals identify housing sites for 505 dwellings.
In response to a Judicial Review, 78 responses were received with around a third of them relating to developers proposing housing sites not selected to go forward.
Our officers are now considering the responses and are finalising the update which will be reported to Committee in June.
We'll publish a final plan for formal representations in July before submitting to the Planning Inspectorate by the end of September 2024.
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 Following receipt of the Independent Examiners report on the Kingston St Mary Neighbourhood Plan, we have accepted the Examiners Report and will hold a referendum on the Neighbourhood Plan on Thursday, 2 May 2024.
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