A long-standing Street garage site is set for a big return after plans for a new service station at Abbey Garage were approved.

The High Street plot at 189 High Street, Street - formerly the site of the Abbey Garage, will be redeveloped with a new forecourt, sales building, jet wash hub, EV charging bays, parking and associated works. The site last traded as a Ford dealership before closing in April 2025, but planning papers say it had an even longer history of roadside use, including as a petrol station.

The approved scheme will bring fuel sales back to the site with a three-island forecourt in a starter-gate layout, a canopy, underground fuel tanks and a new sales building.

There will also be two covered jet wash bays, two EV charging bays with room for more in future, customer and staff parking, cycle and motorcycle spaces, plus air, water and vacuum bays.

That is a trimmed-down version of what was first put forward.

Earlier pre-application advice from Somerset Council raised concerns about flats above the service station, warning the site looked overdeveloped and that future residents could face poor living conditions because of the neighbouring forecourt use. The residential part was later removed, leaving a stand-alone service station scheme.

The papers also said the development could create around eight full-time equivalent jobs, compared with roughly five linked to the site's previous use.

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