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Entrance to West Rivers House (Boldwood House) off West Allington Bridport Picture: Google DORSET Council is to go ahead with flats in a Dorset property, although some may be too small to meet national minimum standards. The council’s area planning committee has agreed a proposal to divide four flats into eight at West Rivers House, 13 West Allington on the outskirts of Bridport town centre. The flats are intended for short-term emergency homeless accommodation. Planners heard that some will be 22 square metres – much less than the national ‘technical’ minimum standard of 37 square metres for single-bed units, although some of the West Allington units are listed as ‘studio flats’ for which there is said to be no national standard.
Work to build a new roundabout at Miles Cross will start next January - and take about half a year to complete. The new infrastructure to make the A35 junction at Symondsbury safer comes ahead of the building of the vast Vearse Farm housing development on the western edge of Bridport. A total of 760 homes are being built at the site. The development is expected to support more than 2,000 jobs and represents £6.5m of investment in the Bridport area. Bridport Town Council and Symondsbury Parish Council have established a stakeholder group to liaise with developers. The Vearse Farm Working Group includes a range of local organisations, and at a meeting this month they were introduced to the developers of housing and other infrastructure at the site, Vistry Partnerships and Barratt & David Wilson Homes.
Work to build a new roundabout at Miles Cross will start next January - and take about half a year to complete. The new infrastructure to make the A35 junction at Symondsbury safer comes ahead of the building vast Vearse Farm housing development on the western edge of Bridport. A total of 760 homes are being built at the site. The development is expected to support more than 2,000 jobs and represents £6.5m of investment in the Bridport area. Bridport Town Council and Symondsbury Parish Council have established a stakeholder group to liaise with developers. The Vearse Farm Working Group includes a range of local organisations, and at a meeting this month they were introduced to the developers of housing and other infrastructure at the site, Vistry Partnerships and Barratt & David Wilson Homes.