Plans to build four homes on the site of a former village pub near Yeovil have been approved – eight months after a similar proposal was rejected by a planning inspector.
James Smith, 36, and his wife Charlotte, 37, want to convert the Lamb Inn, in Tintinhull, into two houses and build four new homes in its car park.
The couple bought the pub from previous owners, Hall and Woodhouse, in April after the company failed in its own attempts to build four homes on the site.
Planning inspector, Michael Muston, dismissed an appeal by the company on the grounds the new buildings would be "out of keeping of the characteristic layout" of existing buildings.
He also said the proposed location would harm the conservation area.
Mr Smith submitted new plans to develop the Vicarage Street site – recently given the go-ahead by South Somerset District Council.
He said: "We have been working with the planners and tweaking the plans here and there to what they would like to see. They have brought some good ideas to the table."
The district council received four letters objecting to the development.
Concerns included a loss of privacy, flood risk, access, parking and the fact earlier proposals had been rejected by Mr Muston.
A report by Lee Walton, a district council planning officer, said Mr Smith's application was different from that put forward by Hall and Woodhouse.
He said: "The appeal that dismissed the earlier proposal dealt with a different type of development scheme.
"It is considered that the current proposal addresses the concerns raised at the time of the appeal decision.
"The conservation manager is supportive of the scheme.
"The scheme is considered to offer a model farm layout that responds to the locality and contributes to Tintinhull's villagescape so that it is difficult to argue for over-development."
Mr Smith said work on the four homes could start within the next six months.
His company, Smith, Carpentry and Construction, which he runs with his father, Jim, will take on the project.
