Business is set to be booming for builders in the Wells area after Mendip District Council approved extensions to seven homes this week.

In the city itself, the building of a single-storey extension to the front elevation of 46 Ash Lane, Wells, by Paul de Savary has been approved, as has a first-floor rear extension at 39 Burcott Road, Wells, by Mr and Mrs P Tremlett.

A single-storey side and rear extension at 40 Portway, Wells, by Mr and Mrs J White has been given the go-ahead, as has a single-storey rear extension at 87 Balch Road, Wells, by Tricia Griggs.

The replacement of a side porch with an enlarged single-storey side extension, the building of a single-storey glass veranda to the rear elevation, a garage conversion with the insertion of two windows, PV panels and solar hot water panels at 35 Millers Gardens, Wells, by Mr and Mrs P D Curry-Towneley-O'Hagan has been given the green light.

In the nearby villages, the building of single-storey front and rear extensions along with the extension to the rear roof dormer at Greystones, Old Frome Road, East Horrington, by Mr and Mrs S Brown has been given the thumbs up, as has a proposed single-storey extension and alterations at Rose Cottage, Cheddar Road, Easton, by Mrs K Brooking.

Other planning applications in the Wells area that have been approved this week by Mendip District Council include:

Application to remove condition 3 (Limiting Occupation) on planning approval 59733/A at Meadow Farm, Chessell Lane, North Wootton, has been approved.

Application for a proposed lawful development certificate for a Juliette balcony dormer on rear elevation at 6 Bell Close, Westbury-sub-Mendip, by Mr and Mrs D Morris has been approved.

External alterations to the shop front and internal alterations to facilitate an independent access to the shop's ancillary flat above at 6 Queen Street, Wells, by Mr Ian Brandon have been approved.

One planning application in the Wells area has been submitted to Mendip District Council this week:

Application for a certificate of lawful existing development for change of use from annexe to letting at The Coach House, Dinder, has been made by Mrs T Tyreman.