Somerset news week pairs open factory and pub events with council planning and dropped inquiry
A factory open day, a pub campaign event, a dropped fraud inquiry and council planning decisions were all reported in Somerset between 18 and 20 September.
Numatic will welcome 270 visitors to its Chard factory on September 24 for National Manufacturing Day [1]. Campaigners hoping to save the Horse and Groom in East Woodlands, near Frome, will hold a special event with Morris dancers on September 22 [2]. BBC News Somerset reported that a fraud enquiry into the Life Factory regeneration project was dropped; Somerset Council had previously apologised for "mistakes" made in the project's management [3]. The latest planning decisions in and around Taunton, for September 4-10, and in and around Bridgwater, for September 6-12, were made by Somerset Council [4][5].
Sources
- Somerset County Gazette: Numatic to allow 270 Henry vacuum fans to tour Somerset factory
- Somerset County Gazette: Campaign grows to save historic Somerset pub at heart of village life
- BBC News Somerset: Fraud enquiry into regeneration project dropped
- Somerset County Gazette: Taunton planning decisions: September 4-10, 2026
- Bridgwater Mercury: Bridgwater planning decisions: September 6-12, 2026
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