NEW homes could be built on land in Stalbridge if planning permission is granted.
Barratt David Wilson Homes has applied to Dorset Council for permission to build 25 new homes on land south of Lower Road, which was part of a larger application approved after appeal in November 2021, for 114 homes.
The new scheme would include 10 first homes and four “live/work units” on a 1.82-acre section of the site, originally approved for commerical use.
Access to the properties, approved as part of the original application, would be from Lower Road.
“The new junction will be designed to accommodate safe turning into and out of the new access, including access for larger service vehicles such as emergency and refuse lorries,” the application said.
Each property would also have an electric-vehicle charging point installed, as well as space for secure cycle storage.
How the homes could be laid out on land at Stalbridge. Picture: Barratt David Wilson Homes/Dorset Council
The homes planned are four one-bedroom maisonettes, four two-bedroom live/work units, four two-bedroom houses and 13 three-bedroom houses.
“The appearance of the development is proposed to reflect, but not replicate, the local vernacular, to help create a visual cohesiveness,” the application added.
Open spaces would be from the original application, including a nearby play area.
For more details, and to comment on the plans, log on to www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk and search for application reference P/FUL/2023/07515.
We need to be seeing solar panels on roof tops in addition to the proposed charging points
Please no more! This is getting ridiculous, currently if all planning permission excluding this one is approved in Stalbridge, one main site is currently at appeal stage and so will most likely win approval looking at Gladmans history, then the village will see around 700 extra properties! In the space of 10 years or less. This is another 25, and I doubt they will stop there. Perhaps the aim is to double the size of Stalbridge? Like Dorchester? But not one single penny has been provided for local amenities, we don’t have any extra doctors, dentists, hospital beds, Police, Paramedics, Fire Brigade, roads, infrastructure in general.
It is about time they stopped targeting Stalbridge and choose somewhere else, advertising these houses as idyllic country living will lose its meaning with all the new homes they are building.