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BOURTON may have lost the chance of a new village hall after Dorset councillors turned down an application for a 30 home scheme.

CHANGES to a gateway housing site for Child Okeford which councillors rejected in March have now been approved after the developer made changes to…

114 new homes 'would ruin Dorset village' DORSET councillors claim proposals for more than 100 extra homes on the edge of a north Dorset village would overwhelm the community and ruin its rural character. Dorset Council’s northern area planning committee has rejected an outline application for up to 114 homes on a triangular site south of Lower Road, Stalbridge. Cllr Graham Carr Jones, ward councillor for the area, says the debate illustrates how the failure to meet government land supply targets has put the area at the mercy of developers, rather than local people. Although council...

A HOMES scheme for the former North Dorset district council site at Norden, Blandford will be built – but without a guarantee all 40 will be ‘affordable.’ Dorset councillors were told that, legally, the council is unable to enforce the 100per cent affordable home pledge made by developer, Aster. Senior planning officer Robert Lennis said that the best the council can achieve is a legal agreement for around a third of the homes. He said that anything more would cause problems for Aster in gaining funding from Homes England for the development. Planning officers say they are confi...

A homes scheme for the former North Dorset district council site in Blandford will be built - but without a guarantee all 40 will be ‘affordable.’ Dorset councillors were told that, legally, the council is unable to enforce the 100 per cent affordable home pledge made by developer, Aster, for the site at Norden. Senior planning officer Robert Lennis said that the best the council can achieve is a legal agreement for around a third of the homes. He said that anything more would cause problems for Aster in gaining funding from Homes England for the development. Planning officers say...