Derelict army buildings which lie at the heart of a Yeovil trading estate could be transformed into an employment park and provide a home to nearly 40 businesses.
Glenmore Holdings Limited wants to demolish two disused industrial units on land at the Houndstone Business Park on Challenger Way and replace it with four new blocks that could comprise 39 individual units.
The land was previously home to the Houndstone and Lufton camps that were used as bases for troops from the British and American armies during the Second World War.
While the vast majority of the camp was redeveloped into the Lufton trading estate and later became home to Yeovil Town Football Club's Huish Park stadium, the two industrial units, which can be seen from Lufton Way, remain derelict.
Permission to redevelop the site into industrial land was granted in 2000, seven years before another application to transform it into a car showroom and offices was approved.
These projects never came to fruition, but it is hoped this latest proposed scheme could bring to an end a near two decade long fight to develop the brownfield site.
In a planning statement, a spokesman for planning consultants Maddox on behalf of Glenmore Holdings Limited said: "The key benefits that this proposal delivers are redevelopment of a partially brownfield site replacing buildings that are past their lifespan.
"There is provision of 5,302 square metres of high-quality new employment floorspace in units of varying sizes within an existing industrial area, and delivery of an employment that has remained undeveloped for a significant period of time.
"This is a development of a contemporary, functional design with modern facilities that will meet the requirements of modern occupiers and that will attract both young and established companies through meeting a strong market demand for such accommodation in the local area."
The application is to go before South Somerset District Council, which will decide whether to grant planning permission.
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