A new development of affordable housing created for the local community has been handed over to the residents of Spyway Orchard, Langton Matravers.
Dorset Council is urging people who are on the current housing register to re-register on the new Dorset Council Home Choice system no later than Wednesday 1 December to keep their place on the housing register.
Dorset Council’s Cabinet agreed to adopt a new strategy to tackle the pressures of homelessness and rough sleeping in the area at their meeting today, Tuesday 27 July.
Dorset Council has exceeded its target for providing new-build affordable housing in the county over the last 12 months.
On 29 March, Dorset Council completed the sale of the former North Dorset District Council Nordon site to Aster Communities Ltd. Detailed planning permission has already been granted and development is imminent. The development will be a mix of social rent and shared ownership homes, consisting of one-bedroom maisonettes alongside two, three and four bedroom-houses.
A new extra care residential development has resolution for approval following a Dorset Council Northern Area Planning Committee meeting on 23 March.
Dorset Council is highlighting the problem of long-term empty properties during Empty Homes Week, 15 – 21 February 2021.
Dorset Council is drafting a new policy looking at how people access social housing in the area.
The business of deciding planning permission through democratically elected committees continues at Dorset Council. The council is using Microsoft Teams to conduct virtual meetings during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Councils were given new powers to hold public meetings remotely on 4 April.
Working towards making home ownership a reality in Dorset, Opening Doors will now cover Purbeck and East Dorset.
Dorset Council Cabinet agrees to enter into a contract with Homes England that will see an extra £808,855 go towards building 53 new affordable homes in Bridport.
Up to 46 new affordable homes have been approved following the Dorset Council Northern Planning Committee meeting on 19 November.
A development of 38 homes in Beaminster is set to go ahead as a wholly affordable scheme following a Dorset Council meeting.
A development of 38 homes in Beaminster is set to go ahead as a wholly affordable scheme following a Dorset Council meeting.
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A paper is being presented to Dorset Council cabinet on 30 July which will ask members to support the council entering into a funding agreement with Homes England which will secure up to £6,310,000 of Housing Infrastructure Funding (HIF).
An outline application for up to 500 homes on land to the north of Littlemoor in Weymouth has been approved by Dorset Council.
