Plans to build a swimming pool and gym building at a home in Badgworth have been turned down by Sedgemoor District Council.

A planning application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for the proposed building of a detached garden outbuilding with swimming pool and gym at Hare House, Badgworth, had been submitted by Mr Harding.

However, if refusing the proposal, the council said: "The proposed building does not lie within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse and has not been demonstrated to be required for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house as such."

One planning application in the Cheddar area has been submitted to Sedgemoor District Council this week:

Proposed change of use of agricultural land to residential curtilage and erection of a three-bay garage with storage over at The Cottage, Northwick Road, Mark, has been applied for by Mrs Baker.

Planning applications in the Cheddar area that have been decided by Sedgemoor District Council this week include:

Erection of a single-storey rear (south west) extension part on the existing footprint of conservatory (to be demolished) at 37 Wideatts Road, Cheddar, by Mr Moulton has been approved.

No objection has been raised to the erection of a Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) sludge thickening Motor Control Centre (MCC) kiosk and a GRP Mixed Media Filter MCC Kiosk at Hythebow Sewage Treatment Works, Wedmore Road, Cheddar, by Somerset County Council.

Erection of a side (east) lean-to extension at The Old Chapel, Hollow Road, Shipham, by Mr and Mrs Oakley has been approved.

Minor alterations to existing two-storey (north) extension, with the erection of a new garage and formation of vehicle access at Green Pastures, Mill Lane, Wedmore, by M Clements have been withdrawn.