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The Park District and inset, Cllr Jon Orrell Extra parking spaces should be available for residents of Weymouth’s Park District after a decision to reduce holiday accommodation permits. It will mean holiday businesses in two zones (A & C) losing permit spaces for customers when they expire – with guests offered a substitute parking permit for the Swannery or Lodmoor car parks. The lack of parking in the area has long been a problem with the area having not enough spaces for people who...

A PLAN has been approved to develop 27 acres of former farm land into a community hub. An exciting project will see the Tumbledown site, near Southill in Weymouth, become a site for growing food and plants while also becoming an educational and therapeutic space. Weymouth Town Council has approved the business plan which outlining how the site will be transformed into a sustainable and inclusive community asset. The town council partnered with Weymouth Area Development Trust (WADT) to d...

A PROJECT which aims to transform an area of open land in Weymouth into a community space is gaining traction with a business plan being considered by the town council. The Tumbledown Farm project aims to deliver a community farm and create responsible stewardship over the natural environment which would support community life, learning and well-being in a sustainable and economic way. The proposed business plan details the work to be done over the next five years by a partnership between...

Rough sleepers are being put in b&bs. Inset, top, Cllr Jon Orrell, and Cllr Graham Carr-Jones More than 90 homeless people are being put up in B&Bs by Dorset Council – many as a direct result of the pandemic. The council says it is now working on finding more in-house accommodation, including for around 35 rough sleepers – although they will be spread across the county, rather than be concentrated on Weymouth, as happened during the spring lockdown. Housing brief holder Cllr Graham Ca...