Frome sites with planning consent for housing
SITE NAME / REF. | DEVELOPER | STATUS | HOUSE NUMBERS |
Saxonvale (FR1) | Acorn | pre-app | 300 |
Butler Tanner Dennis (Old Printworks) | Acorn | on site | 250 |
Sandy’s Hill Lane (FR2) | Silverwood | outline consent | 300 |
Vallis Road (Western Vinyls) | Sustainable Britain | consented, not started | 60 |
Vallis Road (TH White) | consented, not started | 64 | |
TOTALS | 970 |
Frome sites under discussion, within agreed Local Plan boundary
SITE NAME / REF. | DEVELOPER | STATUS | HOUSE NUMBERS |
Little Keyford Lane 1 (FR3) | Wainhomes? | allocated under consideration | 70 |
Little Keyford Lane 2 (FR4) | David Wilson Homes (Barratts) | allocated under consideration | 100 |
LKLane (FR7) | (LVA?) | 20 | |
Below Dragonfly Close (FR5) | DW Homes | allocated under consideration | 100 |
TOTALS | 290 |
Frome sites outside Local Plan boundary
SITE NAME / REF. | DEVELOPER | STATUS | HOUSE NUMBERS |
Selwood Garden Community CLICK FOR MORE | LVA | Outline application submitted | 1700 |
Alternative site 1 | community ideas | 1500 | |
Alternative site 2 | community ideas | 630 | |
Alternative site 3 | community ideas | 475 |
See map of all Frome housing sites since 2000 here .
Sites which have been developed for housing, have consent for housing or are being considered for housing;

Sites previously built on greenfield land
SITE NAME / REF. | DEVELOPER | STATUS | HOUSE NUMBERS |
Edmund Park | 450 | ||
Aldhelm Court | 48? | ||
Vallis Mills (Redrow) | 204 | ||
New Road | 90? | ||
Critchill | 10 | ||
TOTAL | c 800 |
Sites previously built on employment sites
SITE NAME / REF. | DEVELOPER | YEAR | HOUSE NUMBERS |
Singers | 1999 | 136 | |
Vallis Mills | Redrow | 2002 | 204 |
Coloroll | 2005 | 129 | |
Cuprinoll | 2006 | 116 | |
Slipps | 2009 | 74 | |
Matbro | 2009 | 187 | |
Police / Magistrates | 2014 | 61 | |
Western Vinyls | 2017 | 64 | |
Braeside Joinery | 2018 | 10 | |
Transport Depot | 2019 | 9 (on site) | |
Selwood Works (BTD) | Acorn | 2019 | 157 (on site) |
Saxonvale | Acorn | 300 (not built) | |
TOTAL | 1447 |
SUMMARY
Sites with consent for housing – not yet built or underway = 970
Sites under discussion but likely as allocated = 290
Total = 1260
Previously constructed on greenfield sites (recent) = 800
Houses on previous employment land = 1447 (inc. 300 @ Saxonvale)