New plans to build homes near Mandeville Road, Weymouth

An outline planning consent for the site, east of Mandeville Road, has been submitted to Dorset Council with public comments on the plans open until December 10th.

A previous, larger, application for the site was refused in 2019.

The new application shows two designs for three-bed terraced homes and three-bed bungalows.

One illustration shows four bungalows and a new road access off Mandeville Road and two lines of houses running parallel to Mandeville Close, in blocks of two, with a road between them.

The site is currently an open field on the approach to the former Value House store site, which is currently being developed for housing.

Agents, Planning Base Ltd, say the proposal would not be an isolated or sporadic development but would in-fill the section between an existing bungalow to the north-west and the Mandeville Close.

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Aerial photo of the site with red arrows indicating where the homes could be built Picture: Planning Base Ltd (Image: Google)

They say the proposal will not affect the wildlife in the area and ensure that dog walkers can continue to use the majority of the field.

A previous application in the area for 91 homes was refused in March 2019 for a number of reasons, including the fear that the development would effectively merge Wyke Regis and Lanehouse, the impact on the Heritage Coast, drainage fears and the effect the number of homes would have on the ecology of the area.

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Planning Base say the reduced number of homes would maintain a ‘green buffer’ between the two settlements and respect the sensitive character of the landscape.

How the site looks at the moment Picture: Planning Base Ltd

Said the agents: “This smaller scheme will ensure that there is limited visual impact to this sensitive location. Any negligible visual impact should be outweighed and offset by the contribution that the site will make to housing supply locally, the ‘on-site’ affordable 12no. dwellings and the way in which the scheme ‘squares off’ the existing built form and thus ensures that the open green space to the north and east of the site remains.

This will ensure that the land can continue to be used recreationally by the local population and also will remain as an open backdrop when viewed from the wider landscape and seascape.”

The full details of the proposal, which is at this stage only an ‘in principle’ application can be viewed on the Dorset Council website, reference 20/003238, where comments can also be made on the proposals.