UPDATE FOR HORTON AND BROADWAY RESIDENTS – BROADWAY HILL PLANNING APPLICATION25/02726/OUT

Following Somerset Council’s South Planning Committee decision to refuse the application for up to 150 homes on land off Broadway Hill, Horton, the application has now been referred to the Secretary of State.

This referral has to take place before Somerset Council can formally issue its decision.

The Secretary of State now has to decide whether to:

• allow Somerset Council to determine the application locally, in accordance with the Planning Committee’s decision; or
• “call in” the application, in which case it would be determined by the Secretary of State rather than Somerset Council.

Residents of both Horton and Broadway can make representations to the Government’s Planning Casework Unit.

Why does this matter?

Government guidance says that, when considering whether to

Notice Date: 12/08/2026