Plans for 145 extra homes for Crossways
An 'in principle' planning application's gone in to Dorset Council
An ‘in principle’ application has been submitted for a 145-home development at Crossways.
The site, off the West Link Road, includes proposals for access, open spaces, landscaping and a green space.
It adjoins a plot where almost 50 homes are currently under construction, with more than half the new site to be given over to an area of permanent green space which will include a circular walking route and landscaping.
Dorset Council is being asked to decide on the development proposals from Hallam Land with the means of access from the highway to be agreed at this stage – the other details to be decided later, including the proposed 290 parking spaces across the 12.5 hectare site currently being used as farmland.
At this stage 108 of the homes are being proposed at market value with 37 classed as “affordable home ownership”.
No breakdown of the mix or size of the properties is being provided at this stage.
The site use has been discussed since 2022 with the developers suggesting that most of the homes are likely to be two storey with a limited number of three storey properties.
A consultation exercise about the use of the site in August 2024 resulted in letters being sent to around 650 homes within 500 metres of the site, with a public exhibition held in the community centre in September, attended by 39 people, seven on which made comments in an online questionnaire.
The developers say the public responses overall seem to favour a mixed housing approach, including bungalows, with a focus on family homes.
More than 80% supported the proposed public open space plans.
Other comments includes that there has been too much development in Crossways in recent years and that the Doctors’ Surgery needs to be expanded.
Public comments on the hybrid plans can be made to Dorset Council until April 19th.