Tor Multimix Ltd. has applied to create a new concrete plant and associated storage facility on Dyehouse Lane, relocating their business to an area north of an existing industrial site and close to the vital A39.

Tor Multimix Ltd. is a family-run concrete company, which has been serving local construction project since 2004 from its base on the Thomas Way industrial estate.

Mendip District Council is expected to make a decision on the plans by the early-summer.

The site lies within the development limit of Glastonbury and is allocated for employment with the council's Local Plan Part I, which was ratified in December 2014.

If approved, a new access road will be created over the Mill Stream, with lorries using Dyehouse Lane to access the A39 via the Beckery roundabout.

The new plant equipment will be stationed in the centre of the site, with vehicles following a one-way system for loading and parking for staff being provided at the site's northern edge.

The existing plant equipment at the Thomas Way site will be fully recycled once the new facility is operational.

A spokesman for Hill Reading Architects (representing the company) said: "The development looks to erect a new purpose-built facility that will not only enable the business to relocate, but also meet the highest environmental and sustainability standards through expanding on our current working practices with new plant, equipment and processes.

"We will reduce noise and recycle water, including all rainwater and waste water from production on the site being recycled back into the mixing process.

"A purpose-designed and -built work site will provide an excellent working environment for the staff. These are matters that should be ordinary expectations for a business in a modern, business-focussed country and not extraordinary, as is so often the case."

The planning documents state that 20 jobs will be created at the site, but it is not clear if these are new jobs, or the transfer of existing employees.

The council's Local Plan aims to create more than 1,000 new jobs in Glastonbury between 2006 and 2029, whether through designated employment land or windfall sites (i.e. those which become available due to unforeseen circumstances).

The council is expected to make a decision on the plans within the coming weeks. If approval is granted, the company is expected to relocate to the new site by the end of the year, in light of the lease on their Thomas Way base being due to expire in December.