EIGHT homes are to be built on a ‘gateway’ site into Wareham in North Street – replacing rundown buildings.

Dorset Council has approved the demolition of No95, Coventry House, to make way for the seven 2-bed terraced homes and one 3-bed.

Two blocks fronting onto North Street and a single detached home are planned for the site.

The site has had several uses in the past, including the town gasworks and the Autopoint garage.

Several residents had objected to the proposals with concerns about what some claimed was the over-bearing nature of the design, risk from the flood zone and the harm to trees on the site as well as insufficient parking spaces for the new homes.

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Despite the objections some said the re-development would provide a more attractive ‘gateway’ to the northern access to the town than the existing run-down site.

The full details of the application, and other recently decided local plans can be viewed on the Dorset Council website, using the references provided.

6/2021/0150 : Coventry House, 95 North Street, Wareham, BH20 4AE. Demolish existing buildings and erect 8 dwellings. Granted.

P/FUL/2022/03311 : Fresh Water Biological Association River Laboratory Church Lane East Stoke Wareham BH20 6BB. Change of use from Offices/Library in support of the Laboratory works to provide student accommodation for those working at the laboratory. Granted.

P/VOC/2024/01769 : Kimmeridge Bay Car Park Kimmeridge Wareham BH20 5PE. Seasonal change of use for parking of catering vehicles, providing a dining area and siting of associated temporary structures (with variation to conditions 4 & 5 of planning permission P/FUL/2022/01864 – to vary condition 4 to allow for the operation of the seasonal restaurant for 5 years and condition 5 to extend the opening period to 1 April to 30 September). Granted.

P/FUL/2021/02674 : Cuckoo Hill Deans Drove Lytchett Matravers Dorset BH16 6EQ. New dwelling with associated access and parking & porch to front of existing dwelling. Granted.

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P/HOU/2024/03439 : Bucknowle Cottage access to Bucknowle Farm Church Knowle BH20 5PQ. Replace and enlarge existing porch. Granted.

P/CLE/2024/04451 : Greywood Barn Castle Farm Road Lytchett Matravers Poole BH16 6BZ. Authorised use is a Residential use (Use Class C3) A Certificate of Lawfulness of an Existing Use or Development (CLEUD) comprising: (i) the erection of a hay store/car port, (ii) the erection of a pitched roof extension link between the dwelling and the detached building to the frontage; (iii) change of use a building to create an additional lounge; (iv) conversion of a stable to a garage; and (v) other external modifications to the finishing materials.

P/CLP/2024/03507 : 12 Ballard Estate Swanage BH19 1QZ. Single storey rear extension, roof lights and solar panels. Refused.

P/HOU/2024/03439 : Bucknowle Cottage Access To Bucknowle Farm Church Knowle BH20 5PQ.Replace and enlarge existing porch. Granted.

P/HOU/2024/03563 : 18 Ashbrook Walk Lytchett Minster BH16 6HY. Demolition of conservatory and replacement with a garden room. Addition of solar panels to roof. Granted.