Yeovil LVA LLP secured outline planning permission on appeal in March 2024 to construct 252 homes on the Mudford Sock site, located north of the A359 Mudford Road. The land was subsequently sold to Bloor Homes South West, which has submitted plans for the first phase (comprising 109 homes) of what has become christened 'Oakmere Rise'. Under the new plans, the wetlands will be replaced with more conventional sustainable urban drainage solutions (SUDS), such as attenuation ponds and reed-beds, with the wetlands site being re-purposed as public open space. "Working with the Yeovil Community Rivers Trust, rainfall has been monitored within half a mile of this site. "Bloor Homes South West stated at a recent meeting that if this was not approved, they would revert back to the original plan and it would not affect the remainder of the bill."