WYG has secured outline planning permission for a 650-home development in Somerset.

The scheme is being undertaken by developer C G Fry and Son at Jurston in Wellington.

The site is part of a mixed-use urban extension and will include:

• A new roundabout access served from the A38

• A new primary school

• A central square with community, commercial and convenience shopping uses

• A link road to an adjacent urban extension and provision for a new bus route


• A large new community woodland, allotments, a playing field and other public open spaces

David Lohfink, Land and Planning Director at C G Fry and Son, said: "WYG's innovative planning and hard work has helped to create a high quality, urban extension that supports the housing needs of Wellington.  Development of the site will represent an efficient use of land with high quality design, creating a genuinely integrated community and an attractive environment."

Robin Upton, WYG Planning Director, added: "We are delighted to be seeing all our hard work come to fruition, from the allocation of the site in the Council's Core Strategy, the production and adoption of the Development Brief and now the approval of outline planning permission."

(LM)