OFFICE buildings on a Sherborne business park could be demolished to make way for housing.

A planning application for two vacant L-shaped blocks at the Coldharbour Business Park has been submitted for an ‘in principle’ application to demolish units 2a and 2b and replace the offices with fifteen 3-bed homes.

The application is to decide access, landscaping and layout, which, if approved, could lead to a detailed full planning application.

A planning agent for the site owner says other blocks in the area have already been converted to flats with homes to the east of the application site - indicating changes taking place for a mixed use area of the town.

The proposal is for a pair of semi-detached houses, a terrace of three homes and two terrace of five properties each with three double bedrooms arranged over three floors.

Public comments on the application can be made to Dorset Council before the end of August – quoting planning reference 2024/03692.