In recent years Wessex Water has made considerable improvements to Somerset’s sewage system, reducing the risk of overflows causing phospate pollution.
The councillor responsible for housing delivery in the county argues the rules have not kept pace with those changes.
Mike Rigby described the restrictions as “a sledgehammer to crack a nut”.
Which is why the councillor tasked with getting houses built in the county regards the rules as “a sledgehammer to crack a nut”.
“It’s incredibly frustrating,” he said. “Housing is having a much smaller impact than it ever has done, but we’re still saddled with these rules.”
The government has raised the housebuilding target for Somerset to 75,000 homes over the next 20 years.