Increase supply of housing - Dorset Council
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Increase the supply of housing that local people can afford to rent or buy
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by JedHBDC on July 18, 2024 at 09:49AM
Posted by Goldfish July 25, 2024 at 14:34
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Posted by Appletree July 27, 2024 at 09:20
2. With GP surgeries and schools under immense pressure, these facilities must be added to any new development.
3. Developers must be forced to plant trees, leave open space.
4. No building on water meadows.
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Posted by Sameold July 31, 2024 at 15:47
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Posted by Faredealplease August 01, 2024 at 18:42
In addition Dorset council should be proactively taking on verge and green space maintenance, at present there is a huge delay. Dorset council should ensure any road design should be fit for purpose in regards to layout, signs, parking restrictions , bollards and vehicle restrictions. Little attention has been given to this to date and should be considered before proceeding with any future developments
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Posted by Jurer August 04, 2024 at 21:15
There are two main models of provision: either make new house owners pay for it via S106 agreements or raise the capital and use the new powers of compulsory purchase.
The first method is not meeting the need. The second worked well in the past and a modern version can work well again. No-one ever baulks at borrowing to own a house if they can - nor should the Council baulk when it can help people in this way.
We need an ambitious programme to build hundreds of social rent homes for local people, not in big estates but tucked into existing communities all over the area.
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Posted by DrLizzy August 08, 2024 at 19:54
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Posted by Phyllida1958 August 14, 2024 at 12:08
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Posted by portlandcarer August 24, 2024 at 20:24
Benefit is paid to d council which in turn reinvest to build more socal housing . If it works for private landlords why can't it work for the council
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Posted by Redstart49 September 01, 2024 at 16:09
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Posted by Misskenton September 09, 2024 at 17:28
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Posted by Hairnailsfeet24 September 10, 2024 at 20:41
I think at the minute, the with the rent to buy housing schemes, it is disgusting the amount they expect young people to pay a month, and ontop of that, they get reviewed in how much money they have been saving monthly to be able to have a deposit to buy the property in 5 years, how an earth is anyon suppose to pay rent and save monthly with the cost of living nower days it's crazy.
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Posted by smileyface September 10, 2024 at 21:14
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Posted by rajah153 September 11, 2024 at 15:47
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Posted by Bradcomm September 16, 2024 at 10:31
Other than on public land (not including recreational land which should be protected) this is difficult as landowners understandably seek to achieve the best return.
There is an ongoing and long delayed Dorset Local Plan.
In the 2015 West Dorset Local Plan allocated land in Bridport, probably in response to a "call for land", at BRID3. LAND TO THE EAST OF BREDY VETERINARY CENTRE, OFF JESSOPP AVENUE
i) Land to the east of Bredy Veterinary Centre, off Jessopp Avenue (as shown on the
policies map) is allocated for housing.
I believe that this could have produced some 40 houses of which at 35% i.e. 14 could have been "affordable" which would have met a local need.
The land remains vacant but the landowner has in theory achieved an increase in its valuation by simply doing nothing.
I imagine that there are other similar cases so if land is offered for development any allocation should be limited in years and if nothing is done the allocation should either be withdrawn or be subject to compulsory purchase to ensure the development takes place.
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