TWO large buildings - one more than 57ft high - could soon change the skyline at Osprey Quay, Portland.

Both schemes are due to go before planners this week with the first proposing to build an industrial unit, sprinkler and resin tanks, a pump room and a security gate office at Sunseekers boat builders yard in Coode Way.

The five-bay shipyard building towering more than 57ft would include an internal two-storey mezzanine workshop with an office element and 346 car spaces.

Members of this Wednesday's Weymouth and Portland planning and traffic committee will be recommended to grant approval for this scheme but subject to nearly 20 conditions.

These include development not starting until an assessment has been carried out to check on the nature and extent of any contamination on the site to ensure that risks from soil contamination to future occupants of the development and neighbouring occupiers are minimised.

Another condition is that if work is needed on contamination then development shall not start until the site has been brought into a suitable state. Other conditions relate to the storage of oils, fuels or chemicals, drainage, pollution, parking, lighting and bicycle storage.

The second scheme for a site off Coode Way proposes a new building for general industrial use which would be more than 35ft high.

There would be additional training facilities and offices and the structure would be equipped with an internal gantry and davit cranes capable of lifting up to 20 tonnes.

The new building for Osprey Quay Developments will be designed to the specific requirements of an expanding business group and will incorporate marine engineering space on the majority of the ground floor.

Engineering space will be proportioned to allow twin gantry cranes to access all parts of the floor area and to be tall enough to allow manoeuvring of the structures and craft that are to be worked on.

Work will involve the repair and construction of various marine craft and structures including large link spans, bridges, pontoons and vessels that require extensive craneage and lifting capability within the building including the need to invert vessels and structures for complex repairs.

A report to the meeting says that the development is to be welcomed' and that it endorses the council's objective of Osprey Quay being the focal point of the area as a centre for marine excellence'.

It recommends members to approve the scheme subject to nine conditions.