UP to 11 new industrial units could be built on the edge of Williton as part of a major housing development.

The Wyndham Estate was given planning permission more than four years ago for up to 350 homes, commercial premises, and allotments off the A39 Priest Street, now known as Station Fields.

Now, the estate has submitted detailed plans for the commercial element of the development, with a decision expected in the summer.

The units will be sandwiched between Priest Street, the housing estate’s main access road, and Mamsey Lane, and screened with ‘mixed native hedgerow and a tree avenue’.

They will be arranged in two blocks with a central ‘courtyard area’ with a total of 1,750 sq ft of employment space provided.

A 34-space car park will include two accessible spaces and three electric vehicle charging bays, along with a shelter for 10 bicycles and several motorcycle places.

A spokesperson for planning agents Savills said: “The proposals would contribute up to 1,000 sq m of flexible use floorspace to support the local economy.

“Restrictions in the outline planning consent note that only up to 200 dwellings of the consented 350 can be occupied before the commercial floorspace has been developed.

“Therefore, the proposals would essentially ‘unlock’ an additional 150 consented dwellings to be occupied.

“The proposed scheme provides an attractive and functional building that supplements the wider site and will enable the benefits of the outline permission to be fully developed.”

A decision is also expected shortly on plans for two new sections of the Steam Coast Trail multi-user path, which form part of the wider obligations of the planning permission.

If approved, they would provide a safe connection between the new homes and St Peter’s Church of England First School, along with a safer route to Watchet via Doniford Road.