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AN agricultural college has benefitted from a cash boost from the Dorset Local Enterprise partnership. The funding body said it was “committed to supporting the local rural and natural economy, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic”, and it has invested £194,000 towards improving rural further education. Local Growth Fund investment has been provided to enable two new infrastructure upgrades at Kingston Maurward College, which provides land-based further education studies in Dorset, to provide a boost to rural skills development as well as helping to attract and retain talent t...

RAIL passengers arriving in Taunton will be able to walk or cycle towards the town centre along a new, quicker route from the spring. A link from the station will cross Trenchard Way and connect to Canal Road, where it will meet up with the temporary boulevard on Firepool, which was laid out for last year's Cricket World Cup. The former Great Western Railway building off Canal Road is being converted into a site office for the redevelopment of the location of the former livestock market, which closed 13 years ago. Somerset West and Taunton Council's full council heard on Tuesday that ...

EXCLUSIVE: Government caught out ‘reshuffling old money into new pots’ More than a quarter of a new infrastructure fund announced by the government in June was made up of reallocated money from an older pot, the Local Growth Fund, which has instead been quietly shelved, LGC has discovered. The move, which has been described as “deeply disturbing” by one city region mayor, means money intended to provide certainty over local strategic economic planning into 2021-22 has instead been allocated to “shovel ready” projects under the £900m Getting Building Fund. The Ministry of Housing,...

Branstone Farm plans. AFFORDABLE homes will be built on the Isle of Wight once again after unanimous approval was given to a scheme in Branstone. The Isle of Wight Council's planning committee on Tuesday gave permission for 42 affordable houses at the former school-trip destination, Branstone Farm Studies Centre. Part of the government's 'Getting Building' project, £2.4 million has been awarded for the site, which will also see most of the former farm buildings demolished and turned into office units for a rural business park. Martyn Pearl, chief executive of Vectis Housing Associati...

Isle of Wight Radio 7:00pm - Midnight Live and Local Podcast - Supporting Live Local Music On The Isle Of Wight Affordable Homes Given Go Ahead For Branstone Farm Scheme By Louise Hill, LDR Reporter Branstone Farm Affordable homes will be built on the Isle of Wight once again after unanimous approval was given to a scheme in Branstone. The Isle of Wight Council’s planning committee on Tuesday gave permission for 42 affordable houses at the former school-trip destination, Branstone Farm Studies Centre. Part of the government’s ‘Getting Building’ project, £2.4 million has been awarded...