From abbey skyline to listed hotel: two housing tests for heritage planners
One proposal would put 149 houses near Malmesbury Abbey, while another would turn a former Taunton hotel into six flats, showing how homes are being sought around historic buildings at very different scales.
In Taunton, an empty Grade II* listed former hotel now used as offices could become six flats, according to the Somerset County Gazette [2].
Taken together, the applications point to two different heritage tests: a sizeable new estate beside a famous abbey and a conversion of a listed building for a much smaller number of homes [1][2].
The first is only due before planners, while the second is described as possible if approved, so neither report confirms the homes will be built [1][2].
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