Images showing height of proposed buildings Picture: Juno Developments The plans can be viewed on a dedicated website - where the developer admits that local councillors have raised concerns over parking and increased traffic. Juno said it is working with Dorset Council s highways and planning teams to reach the right balance . Comments from the public, however, have all been favourable, director James Dean said. So far the plans have been well received, he added. When I was putting the information board up at the site there was a high level of interest, lots of people stopped to find out more and the response has all been positive.
Meanwhile the documents also include proposals for building on car park land adjoining Southill shopping centre. Dorset Council has stated nothing in set in stone - the sites have been proposed as a way to meet government housing targets. It says that many of the proposals are not new - amid accusations from Weymouth Town Council that many of the plans included in the 2021 Local Plan have been copied and pasted from old documents created by the former borough council in 2015. Resident Brenda Pickett said: Weymouth’s historic centre is already threatened by the rise of internet and out-of-town shopping.