Dorset Council reveals plan for £46.7m boost for homes and regeneration
Council-owned redundant buildings and sites would be sold, with the funds reinvested in essential infrastructure.
Council-owned redundant buildings and sites would be sold, with the funds reinvested in essential infrastructure.
An area used for grazing horses could be developed into an estate with 100 properties near Verwood.
A total of 42 new affordable homes will be built in Fordingbridge, according to New Forest District Council.
The Hillbourne housing development will offer homes plus careers advice sessions for children and free cooking classes.
The authority’s ‘Call for Sites’ invites applications for land suitable for housing, employment and accommodation for various groups.
Construction work has begun to create the Hillbourne housing development around the Hillbourne Junior School.
More than 500 affordable homes have been provided in towns and villages across Dorset in the last financial year.
280 homes are to be built on Ham Farm near Gillingham after Dorset Council granted planning permission to the development.
The BCP Council draft Local Plan includes proposals for 24,000 new homes and 72 hectares of employment land.
An outline planning application has been made to Dorset Council to build 55 houses on green belt land in Wimborne.