The latest plans in the Bridport area NEW handrails for a local church and new signs to a Bridport supermarket feature among the planning applications validated for the area this week. The week has also seen a number of applications for extension and to use outbuildings and annexes for accommodation. Among the applications validated for the Bridport area this week are – 142 Orchard Crescent, Bridport, single storey rear extension; 107 Southover, Burton Bradstock, two storey rear extension; The Barn House, Main Street, Loders, carport, garden and log store; 3 Clay Lane, Puncknowle, first floor extension; Poorton House, Ridgeback Lane, South Poorton, replacement porch, internal alterations and reinstate windows on north elevation; Garden Hut, The Studio, Coast Road, Burton Bradstock, use building for self-contained residential accommodation; 3 Queens Road, Bridport, two storey rear extension and new front porch; Coombe Down Farm Cottages, Bridport Road, Beaminster, demolitio
A WEST DORSET road has been closed following a landslip which has blocked the road. An unnamed road in West Milton near Leat Cottage will be closed in both directions for up to 21 days whilst Dorset Council carry out works to reopen the road. The council announced an emergency closure today. All vehicles will be prohibited from proceeding along the stretch of road, which covers a distance of approximately 45 metres. An alternative route is now in place and will take drivers first towards Loders before turning onto Yellow Lane taking a road towards Bradpole and turning on to Higher Street and Mangerton Lane before getting back on the road towards West Milton.