The future of Burnham-On-Sea’s former job centre could finally start to become clearer this month when it goes up for auction.
The three-storey building, located at the junction of Burnham’s High Street and Regent Street, is scheduled for sale by Public Auction on Thursday 24th September.
It has a guide price of £525,000, and the agents David Plaister Auctions say that “significant development and repair is required.”
The property – which has planning consent for a restaurant on the ground floor with eight flats above – has been vacant for 18 years since it closed down as Burnham’s job centre.
Somerset Council approved proposals to redevelop it in 2024 after a previous planning application to develop the job centre was approved in 2020 but lapsed without work being undertaken, hence requiring revised plans to be submitted.
The property has been vacant since the job centre closed in March 2008. The building was set to be redeveloped into a community facility with £1million of funding from the Government’s Coastal Community Fund, but the grant bid was rejected in 2018.
There were also previous proposals for the ground floor to be turned into other uses, including a convenience store.
The auction will be held on 24th September 2026 at Leigh Court, Pill Road, Abbots Leigh, BS8 3RA and online at 7.00pm. See more here.
