A significant number of objections had been received by the closing date on January 3 to proposals for 30 houses and flat and a 250 sqm convenience store at Southbank Farm in Cann. The application (number 2/2020/1144/OUT) is for demolition of the existing agricultural buildings and dwellings and construction of a new access onto the B3081.

Both Melbury & Cann Parish Council and Shaftesbury Town Council have raised no objection to the proposal by Mr A Read, but neighbouring farm occupiers and villagers as well as the Ramblers Association and Campaign for the Protection of Rural England have criticised it strongly, with particular concerns about countryside development close to 55 homes allowed at appeal in 2019 off the Higher Blandford Road at Cann, and the inclusion of a new convenience store so close to shops and the Tesco supermarket in Shaftesbury.

The application has been listed for delegation to planning officers, but some have asked that it go to the planning committee for a decision.

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