SOMERSET Council has approved plans to convert a house in Burnham-on-Sea into a new care home.

In February, Mr P Major applied to turn the 76 Berrow Road property into a six-bedroom residential care home.

The applicant was granted an extension for the extant planning permission already granted to him in 2021 for 'identical proposals'.

Somerset Council granted said extension on Thursday, March 21, under the condition that 'the development hereby permitted shall be begun before the expiration of three years from the date of this permission.'

There are no plans for any external or internal alterations to the building, but the applicant does plan to use the outside area and garage to create ten parking spaces.

Somerset Council affirmed that these ten spaces must be 'properly consolidated' and marked out, and not be used for anything other than the parking of vehicles in connection with the care home.

Vehicular access to the site and car park will also strictly only be via Berrow Road, and the council went further to state there will be no access to the parking spaces from the lane at the rear of the site.

In alignment with the building's existing structure, six residents bedrooms will be situated on the first floor, along with one staff bedroom, two bathrooms, and one toilet.

On the ground floor, Mr Major will use the space to accommodate two sitting rooms, a dining room, a morning room, a utility room, a kitchen, as well as an office, shower room, and toilet.

For more information on the application, search 11/24/00011 on Somerset Council's online planning portal.