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...
Rochdale MP Tony Lloyd has backed a Parliamentary private members bill to tackle unfair maintenance fees on new build developments.
The 10-minute rule bill was tabled by Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman on 14 November, calling for the Freehold Properties (Management Charges and Shared Facilities) Bill to put an end...
You can find more detail and search for your locally relevant findings in our database which you can access here.
Please remember to link to our Dying Homeless page and, where possible, encourage people to tell us of more deaths in the future using our form.
Caveats on the figures
...
John Challis aka 'Boycie' from 'Only Fools and Horses' has waded in to the plans to build 3500 more homes in fields north of Dorchester.
What has become a very contentious issue, the housing vs countryside debate is about get even more public.
https://twitter.com/BeingBoycie/status/1045594346827984897
On Tuesday 18 September, Dorset County Council presented proposals at a meeting of Bridport Town Council for an innovative housing and care home development on Flood Lane.
The scheme, known as ‘Bridport Gateway’, will contain:
a new care home for people with nursing and dementia care needs
a range of...
The cost of renting a property is out of control and is increasing rapidly causing many families to become homeless as a result as they can’t afford the rent.Â
A new analysis by Labour shows that those who rent are paying over £10 Billion a year says the Evening Standard.Â
The...
North Dorset District Council, West Dorset District Council and Weymouth & Portland Borough Council have now all agreed licensing fees for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs).
North Dorset District Council recently approved the licensing fees at its Cabinet meeting on 23 April.
West Dorset District Council and Weymouth & Portland Borough...
Brewery Square, Dorchester, has just released 10 new loft-style, one bedroomed apartments, which are due for completion in summer 2018. Features include double height living space, underfloor heating, allocated on street parking, contemporary interiors and all have the bedroom situated on the mezzanine level. Each apartment has floor to...
Homebuyers in West Dorset are now benefitting from faster land searches when buying a new property. West Dorset District Council put an improvement plan in place in 2016 to deal with a backlog of applications for land search. There were a number of reasons why this happened,...
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...
