Tenants of a 300 year old Bridport housing charity are worried about the future of their homes after their ‘landlord’ lost a civil court claim, costing nearly £40,000.
The housing charity, The Daniel Taylor Almshouse Trust (DTAT), was also criticised by Judge Lacey at Weymouth County Court because the Trust’s...
A Dorset housebuilder has launched a quest to find its longest standing owner to help mark a monumental business milestone – and those in the area are in with a good chance of winning.
As the housebuilder celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, Redrow, responsible for building over 150 developments...
West Dorset District Council’s Planning Committee has given its approval to a reserved matters application for 292 homes at Bank and Ridge Farm in Chickerell.
The reserved matters application, which follows approval of an outline application in March 2018, comprises details of appearance, scale and landscaping of the development.
The application...
A man looks out of his window and suddenly he is an expert on young people.
The state of these people who believe that embarrassing themselves on TV is more important than empirical data and facts.
“A lot of people like to go after young people, and go on about...
A former soldier has hit back at housing charity landlords who have claimed they cannot visit premises on South Street in Bridport without police presence due to ‘concerns for their safety’.
Martin is one of three of Daniel Taylor Almshouse Trust’s (DTAT/DanTay) tenants currently disputing issues ranging from a lack...
A recently appointed Trustee of a Housing Charity in Bridport has resigned after less than three months in post.
The shock departure means the Daniel Taylor Almshouse Trust (now called Dantay and now a Charity rather than a Trust) is, once again, ‘inquorate’ meaning it cannot properly operate.
In the last...
Instead of concrete cancer in the sky looking like aliens in an episode of Dr Who or opportunites to label and stigmatise parts of the population
how about creating something to be proud of and treating people like humans and not cattle?
'It's almost as if treating people with kindness and...
Are you a tenant in Shire Dorset facing eviction? Are you just a tenant and roundly pissed off with the vast expense and personal trauma it involves with basically fuck all protection of your tenure?Â
A new group called Acorn the Union - Dorset has formed in Dorset that aims...
Well, it looks like the developers have once again ramped up their project to decimate this area of outstanding natural beauty by claiming to build 22 houses on Lewesdon Hill.
Supporters of their project point to affordable housing as a benefit to the community but there is very little...
The outline application was submitted by Litton-Cheney based CG Fry & Son Ltd and is on land identified for housing in the West Dorset, Weymouth and Portland Local Plan. Infrastructure in the scheme includes two new road junctions, pedestrian and cycle links, a public open space, an extension to St...
