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Gillingham Nearly 2,000 homes will be built in Gillingham as part of the local plan. By 2038, Dorset Council wants Gillingham to have a “good range of shops and community facilities” and an enhanced town centre. As part of the planned southern extension, 1,800 homes will be built, land at Barnaby Mead will provide 50 homes, and St Martins on Queens Street will provide 55 extra-care homes.
Shaftesbury Dorset Council wants Shaftesbury to also have a range of shops and services, retain its distinctive natural character and improve local employment opportunities. The plan states, due to significant development in recent years, “there are limited opportunities left without having significant impacts on the town’s character”.
FULL details of plans for almost 30,500 new homes in Dorset have emerged in the county s Local Plan - which has been slammed as rushed and inadequate by campaigners. Residents are being urged to share their views in one of the most important surveys in a generation for the county. But a campaign group claims residents will not have time to digest the information in hundreds of pages of documents before the consultation ends. The Government has said 30,481 new homes must be built in Dorset by 2038 - around 1,793 each year. Residents have until March 15 to share their views on where the homes should be built, and which areas should be protected from developments.
FULL details of plans for almost 30,500 new homes in Dorset have emerged in the county s Local Plan - which has been slammed as rushed and inadequate by campaigners. Residents are being urged to share their views in one of the most important surveys in a generation for the county. But a campaign group claims residents will not have time to digest the information in hundreds of pages of documents before the consultation ends. The Government has said 30,481 new homes must be built in Dorset by 2038 - around 1,793 each year. Residents have until March 15 to share their views on where the homes should be built, and which areas should be protected from developments.