A North Somerset village could see 160 homes built on its mushroom farm. Monaghan Mushrooms wants to build the homes across the mostly vacant northern half of its mushroom farm site in Langford, while keeping the farm going on the other part of the site.
One hundred of the homes would be laid out in a new estate with “attractive streets,” while 60 would be “co-living” workers’ accommodation in two blocks next to the mushroom farm. The development would also include a new children’s day nursery, coffee shop, and new “flexible employment workspace,” as well as new packaging and casing facilities for the mushroom farm.
A design and access statement submitted with the planning application to North Somerset Council stated: “The proposed development provides a unique opportunity to regenerate a substantial area of underused land in a sustainable location, well related to the settlement and existing employment land for the benefit of Langford.”
