SELF-CONTAINED 'pods' for rough sleepers have been agreed for Weymouth's Park and Ride site.
Initially up to 12 people could be accommodated on the Mount Pleasant site using the overflow car parking area close to the entrance of the site.
Five further units could follow if funding can be secured by the Bus Shelter project, which will lease the area from Dorset Council.
Dorset Council has agreed planning consent for a temporary use of the site, expected to be until the end of January 2028.
The first phase, which could begin later this year, will see three purpose-built units, each split into four individual self-contained rooms. Each will have electricity and water, along with a bed, toilet facilities, shower – with a shared social area, kitchen and workshop/learning centre, all within a compound.