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 to no affordable housing on their proposed plans. For example, it is proposed that they want to build a four bedroom, two garage gated housing in the plan. Hardly affordable to most people and certainly no need for it in this area.
We have been informed that we have until 10 March to make our concerns public via Dorset County Council via their website.
You can view the application on the Council’s Planning Register here https://planning.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/
Application number: WD/D/21/000123
Location
Lewesdon Hill stands about 4 km west of Beaminster, 1½ km south of Broadwindsor, 2 miles south of Mosterton, 1½ km west-northwest of Stoke Abbott and 3 km east of another hillfort-topped eminence, Pilsdon Pen. To the south of the hill is the Marshwood Vale and to the north is the valley of the River Axe.
Summit
Lewesdon is the county top of Dorset. Its summit is an elongated ridge surrounded by beech woods. The actual summit is a low grassy mound at the east end of the ridge. For many years, nearby Pilsdon Pen (277 m) was thought to be Dorset’s highest hill, until modern survey revealed that Lewesdon Hill was 2 metres higher. Dorset’s third highest point is Bulbarrow Hill (274 m). Lewesdon’s topographic prominence of 185 metres qualifies it as a Marilyn.
Geology
The hill is formed from upper greensand which is more resistant to erosion than the surrounding clay.
Peter Burns
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