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Room with a view: traditional shepherd’s hut is a real labour of love for craftsman David

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Craftsman David Jevons barely stops for thought when he’s asked about his work.

“I absolutely love it,” says the 40-year-old father of two.

“It’s just so satisfying.

“Creating something from scratch and then seeing the reaction of my customers.

“I can’t imagine anything more rewarding.”

David’s business, The Dorset Hutmaker, centres around building traditional shepherd’s huts.

He’s been passionate about craftsmanship since his teens, studying design and then carpentry, but only launched out on his own four years ago.

David said: “I love shepherd’s huts; their design, their functionality, their history and their presence.

“Although I started The Dorset Hutmaker in 2016, I’ve spent years learning how to build them using the best of traditional and modern techniques.

David Jevons

“They are authentic shepherd’s huts, combining traditional building methods with modern design ideals and knowledge.”

The term ‘hut’ – while accurate – doesn’t really do David’s work justice.

In fact, they’re bespoke wooden works of art which can take anything from 12 weeks or more to build with an average cost of around £21,000.

The Dorset Shepherd’s Hut comes in a range of lengths – 12, 14, 16 and 18ft being the most common.

There are two different widths, the more traditional 6ft 6ins and wider 8ft 3ins.

Key features of a hut include:

  • Corrugated or timber cladding
  • Traditional steel rolling chassis with hand forged design features
  • Sustainable cladding
  • Single or double stable doors

Then it’s down to you on how to customise your space by selecting the bespoke fixtures, fittings, and finish to create your hut.

Available extras include bespoke lighting and electrical options, hand-made furniture and interiors and a fully installed wood-burner.

Reclaimed and British grown timber is used, where possible.

David Jevons, his wife Stephanie and son Brody with a shepherd’s hut from The Dorset Hutmaker.

David works with local artisans and one of the UK’s last remaining manufacturers of traditional ironmongery for the bespoke detailing.

Planning permission is not required for home use as long as the shepherd’s hut is on wheels and portable.

“Every hut is different for each customer and that’s what makes it so special,” said David who is married to Stephanie.

Stephanie has her own business, Floral Design by Stephanie Jevons, and the couple share the same workshop in Tarrant Launceston near Blandford.

They’ve been married nine years and have two sons, Brody, aged seven, and Ted, two.

So what sort of uses do David’s customers have for their shepherd’s huts?

For the home it could be a stylish guest bedroom, a dedicated home office, a creative writer’s space, an artist’s studio, a children’s playroom or just a peaceful retreat.

And, of course, if you ever decide to move, you just take the hut with you.

Businesses, from spas, hotels and salons to farms, pubs and glamping/campsites, can use the extra space for treatment rooms, an outdoor bar or perhaps a food trailer.

David said the first lockdown had been tough for his business.

However, since then, there had been lots of interest and various projects had come in to keep him busy.

The launch of a new range of bespoke furniture items on Etsy had also been successful.

He said: “The combination of the staycation and working from home has definitely had a positive effect on sales.

“With current restrictions on travel, it seems people are choosing to invest in their home and garden.

“It’s a very enjoyable, and satisfying, way of making a living.”

By: Andrew Diprose Dorset Biz News

Milton Abbas | Then and Now

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It’s regarded as one of Dorset’s most picturesque villages and a magnet to tourists, but it wasn’t always so.

In fact the tyrannical village squire who created it was public enemy number one among many of Milton Abbas’s 18th century inhabitants.


An artist’s impression of the medieval Milton Abbas

Soon after buying his Milton Abbas estate in 1752, Joseph Damer (later Lord Milton and late still the Earl of Dorchester) took the first steps in an ambitious scheme of demolition, development and landscaping designed to transform both the medieval village and the valley in which it stood.

The caustically tongued Sir Frederick Treves summarises the story rather well in his Highways and Byways of Dorset (1906).

‘He [Damer] found the ancient village squatted indecently near to the spot where he intended to build his mansion,’ wrote Treves.

‘With the fine, quarter-deck high-handedness of the 18th century squire, he ordered the offensive object to be removed, and it was so.

‘The old, untidy hamlet was entirely demolished as soon as the new Milton Abbas had been erected well out of sight of the great house.’

The thatched cottages today are white but a century ago the walls were yellow.


The replacement village in 1852

Treves noted that they were ‘mathematically placed’, 20 on one side, 20 on the other, with an identical space between each and a chestnut tree planted in each space.

‘It is impossible to be rid of the idea that this is a toy town, a make-believe village, a counterpart of the Hameau at Versailles,’ Treves observed.

The ‘new’ village was built between 1773 and 1779.

It involved 40 double houses, each for two families and with a small garden, to house the medieval town’s displaced inhabitants.

As the tenants’ leases expired or were bought up by Damer, the inhabitants were moved to their new homes and the old buildings demolished and their sites landscaped.

It was a major upheaval for families who had lived and worked in the valley for generations.

Some found the new cottages inadequate and sought homes elsewhere.

But Blandford lawyer called William Harrison stood his ground.

Blessed with the security of a three-generation lease and the legal nous to defend it, he flatly refused to budge.


Milton Abbas in the 21st century

One day Lord Milton, who intended to create an ornamental lake below the site of the old town, ordered the opening of the Abbot’s Pond sluice gates, flooding Harrison’s house.

Undeterred, the lawyer took his landlord to court and won.

Soon after, the squire apparently mistook the ringing of the Milton Abbey bells on Guy Fawkes Day as a celebration by villagers of his courtroom defeat.

As astonished parishioners looked on, he had the offending bells removed and carted away on wagons.

Harrison could not be so easily dislodged and sat tight until his death, at which point the park was finally completed.

Roger Guttridge

Their Favourite Books…

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To finish off 2020 on a warm and happy note, we randomly selected some of our columnists and local community pillars for a book recommendation.
But we had some ground rules: we had no interest in an obvious shopping list of latest releases. We asked for a genuine personal recommendation, for them to share their personal favourite read during 2020, with a couple of lines* as to why they loved it.
I wasn’t looking for the cleverest or newest titles: this wasn’t about impressing anyone.
It could have been a brand new release, but I pointed out that they may simply have finally got around to reading Du Maurier’s Rebecca (*holds hand in air*), or had gratefully enfolded themselves in the comforting familiarity of a tenth time through their guilty pleasure fantasy series (*also me*).
Whatever it was, we asked them to share honestly. And the results are a beautiful and eclectic array of titles, many of which I was not familiar with.
And so I share them here, in their own words: if any take your fancy for yourself or as a gift, simply click the image. As many as possible will take you straight to Winstone’s so that you can support an indie bookseller at the same time.
*never ask a writer for their ‘favourite book with a couple of lines’. You’ll get at least two titles, plus a 300 word review…

The Old Ways, by Robert Macfarlane

A book I’ve really enjoying spending time with this year is ‘The Old Ways A Journey on Foot’, by Robert Macfarlane. Those who know me will already be aware of my love of the Dorset Holloway, and as a county we are blessed with ancient tracks and drove roads galore. Whether enjoying another ramble with Ernie the dog up to the Dorsetshire Gap, or seeking out new views across the vale from the escarpment above, this book captures the essence of the ancient paths across the country. Reading it has always inspired me to get out and explore even more; there’s always something new to discover.
Luke Rake
Principal and Chief Executive
Kingston Maurward College

Master & Commander, by Patrick O’Brian

The Aubrey/Maturin series, by Patrick O’Brian is the most consistently utterly charming historic novels ever written. They chart the relationship between a Royal Naval Captain and a freelance surgeon (and spy), against a brilliantly researched historical backdrop of the Napoleonic wars. This is the first book, but I’ve read the entire series twice, many volumes three or four times, and I know when I read them again, I’ll find new nuances throughout.
Andy Palmer

Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain, by Barney Norris

I’ve just finished this page turner. There is something so comforting about reading a book situated in a place which you’re familiar with. Salisbury has a starring role as the story weaves its way through five lives which converge on a fateful night. It should come with a warning that once you start to read it, you can’t put it down!
Fiona Oliver, co-director of Wiltshire Community Foundation, part of the national network of rural community foundations which give money and cash where it is most needed; this year WCF has launched a successful emergency Coronavirus Response Fund.

Bookends, by Jane Green

This is one of my favourites – an easy read and a comforting escape from the world for an hour or two. It is also a nice reminder of how rewarding it can be to follow your dreams.
Heather Brown,
Dorset Foodie Feed

I Heard the Owl Call My Name, by Margaret Craven

In 2018 we went on what was truly “the holiday of a lifetime”, in a tiny boat travelling the Inland Passage in British Columbia, in search of the Spirit Bear. Margaret Craven’s sad, poignant, funny, insightful and inspiring book, written in 1967, evokes the atmosphere, the landscape, the weather and the extraordinary lives of the First Nation tribes of the pacific seaboard. It’s a slim volume, but not at all a quick read, as you follow day by day the life of Anglican vicar Mark Brian with the residents of his new parish, accessible only by boat. Thanks to Polly Mathewson for recommending it.
Gay Pirrie-Weir, freelance journalist, co-editor of the Fine Times Recorder; co-author of Deepest Wiltshire and Deepest Dorset.

Underland, by Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane confronts one of our great atavistic fears – the underworld – in his latest book. From neolithic cave paintings to nuclear bunkers, he explores the past, present and future under our feet, buried deep beneath the seabed, frozen in time, locked in memories off man’s inhumanity to man. It’s utterly fascinating and quite terrifying. As someone whose idea of hell is pot-holing, Macfarlane’s description of exploring the tiny, dark tunnels in the Mendip Hills is spell-binding when I could open my tight-shut
eyes and stop my heart pounding! It’s an important book, asking big questions but it’s also a great read.
Fanny Charles, freelance journalist, co-editor of the Fine Times Recorder; co-author of Deepest Wiltshire and Deepest Dorset

The Five, The untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper, by Hallie Rubenhold

A fresh approach to the women behind the killings, they were women, wives, mothers and daughters, facing the worst that Victorian Britain could throw at them. This book explores the details of each of their lives that led them to be in the wrong place at the right time. Beautifully and compassionately written.
Jane Dawes
Managing Partner
Blackmore Vale Partnership

The Code of the Woosters, by P. G. Wodehouse

Any Jeeves and Wooster – but particularly The Code of the Woosters. I find that whenever I need to pause and take stock of the maddeningly changing world around us there is nothing better to reset my perspective on life than to revisit for the 20th time anything written by PG Woodhouse. Woodhouse’s world is wonderfully graphic in its praise of the ludicrous and his sense of comic timing is unsurpassed. I truly challenge anyone to not find comfort, amusement and solace against the vastly inferior real world in the
pages of Bertie’s adventures.
John Paget-Tomlinson
Head of Senior School, Leweston School

Meadowland, by John Lewis-Stempel

A friend’s recommendation during early Lockdown 1, Meadowland has charmed me each month as we have journeyed through this year. Appreciation of birdsong, flowering plants and nature in general has sustained many of us, so imagine the joy of a book which does just that in wonderful prose, month by month. The author writes of what he knows, what he observes in one field in Herefordshire and you will soon be walking with his red fox, flying with his kites, waiting for the next revelation. A wonderful book to keep and enjoy every year.
Sara Jacson MBE chairs CedarsCastlehill at Shaftesbury and is founder chair of the Friends of North Dorset Women’s Refuge

Conversations with Friends, by Sally Rooney

I’m sure that loads of you will have watched this year’s fantastic TV series Normal People adapted from Irish writer Sally Rooney’s novel. If you did (or didn’t), then do read that but I would also like to recommend Sally’s ‘Conversations with Friends’, which was her debut novel. It’s about two college students and the strange, unexpected entanglement they forge with a married couple. It will appeal to anyone interested in friendship, jealousy and relationships. Sally does not include a great deal of descriptive prose instead it is full of brilliant, touching and funny dialogue. I felt as if I could hear the voices of the characters in my head. It is a book which touches on the events that make up the delicate passions and cruelties of human experience.
Edwina Baines, Arts Correspondent BV Magazine

Bechamp or Pasteur? by Ethel Hume

History, they say, is written by the victors, and as a journalist and historian, I’m fascinated by the way facts get distorted. I was taught that Louis Pasteur was God’s gift to chemistry and microbiology. Not so, according to Ethel D. Hume. She reveals Pasteur as a fraud and a plagiarist, whose greatest talent was in
the self-promotion needed to build his fame and fortune. His victim-in-chief was his great rival and fellow professor Antoine Béchamp, apparently the brains behind much that came out of France’s uni labs in the
late 19th century. Hume’s book was first published in 1923 but the 2017 edition is revised for easier reading, with an extended preface by R.B. Pearson.
Roger Guttridge – Historian, Jounalist & Columnist in the BV Magazine

The Labyrinth of the Spirits, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

The Labyrinth of the Spirits is a translation from a Spanish cycle of books (Shadow of the Wind and The Cemetery of Forgotten Books) set in Barcelona in the period of the Spanish Civil War. Interestingly, the cycle can be read in any order which is part of the labyrinth Zafon creates so beautifully. He is a compelling writer who conjures up the atmosphere and emotion of the period, and those who live in it, with both intensity and simplicity. Books are often described as ‘unputdownable’ and this one most definitely is. However, and this has never happened to me before in my reading career, I felt I could not pick another book up as I knew it could never match what I had just read. Zafon is an author anyone with a soul and imagination should read.
Simon Hoare MP

Childrens Christmas Present Appeal

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Blandford Food Bank for Christmas 2020 would like to give every child whose family need our support in the local Blandford area, their own gift bag. Filled with new toys to bring them some of the Christmas cheer which we all remember from our own childhood and took for granted.

Please see the poster below for details on how to help. Please give generously, thank you.

Childrens christmas present appeal

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Shoebox Appeal

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Help for Homeless is a local charity supporting homeless people in Yeovil, Bath and Bristol. Thsi Christmas we aim to reach out to those suffering hardship and homelessness in our area. We desperately need your donations, please see the poster below for how you can help someone less fortunate this Christmas, thank you.

Shoebox Appeal

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Cream of the crop: BV Dairy to create 32+ high-skilled jobs as £2m expansion gets green light

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A North Dorset dairy manufacturer is planning to create more than 32 high-skilled jobs as part of a £2m expansion.

Family-owned BV Dairy says the approval of £750,000 in funding from the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE) has secured plans to create the major new facility at its Shaftesbury site.

Construction is expected to start in January 2021.

It continues the major investment of the past four years including a new chill store, a kefir bottling facility and an automated process department.

Vaughan Heard, Finance and HR Director, said: “We are delighted to secure the grant funding from RDPE.

“It will support us in our aim to provide increased long-term opportunity for local employees and security for farmers and rural workers in North Dorset.

“We are extremely proud of the wonderful dairy industry heritage and legacy in North Dorset, and to play our part in bringing these quality products to a national and international audience.

“The additional capacity created by the new facility, together with the improvements in technology, allows us to court major new customers – which in turn creates more opportunity for our dairy farm suppliers.

“I would like to thank the RDPE for its generous grant funding.

“I also wish to extend my sincere thanks to Simon Hoare (North Dorset MP), our many Dorset suppliers and Ian Girling, Chief Executive of Dorset Chamber of Commerce, for their collective support and assistance in helping BV Dairy to secure the necessary funding.”

Vaughan Heard

BV Dairy was founded in 1958 by father-and-son team Jack and Christopher Highnam.

They began by making clotted cream on a kitchen top at the family’s Old Rectory Farm in Kington Magna near Gillingham.

The dairy is now in the hands of the third generation of the family, Jim Highnam.

BV Dairy employs 130 people and had an annual turnover of £36.7m in the 12 months to March 31, 2019, its latest published accounts.

BV Dairy

Milk is sourced from Red Tractor accredited farms within a 25 mile radius of the company’s Wincombe Lane site.

Its specialist dairy products are supplied to the manufacturing, catering and food service industries.

They include soft cheeses, crème fraiche, buttermilk, cream (single, double and whipping), Dorset clotted cream, fromage frais, yogurts including Greek style, soured cream, ricotta and mascarpone.

By: Andrew Diprose Dorset Biz News

Books for Christmas gifts

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Who rode to hounds in Wiltshire on an elephant?

How many new houses are being built for the military on Salisbury Plain? What’s the traditional cheese
made into a cake in Devizes?

Find out in Deepest Wiltshire, the book that gives and gives. Deepest Books are sold to raise funds for charity – in the case of Deepest Wiltshire it is the county’s community foundation, the air ambulance and a military charity; So far over £20,000 to the Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation’s Covid Emergency fund from the sale of the book.
Deepest Wiltshire is the ideal gift, full of fascinating stories, quirky characters and pieces from local celebrities (including actor Nigel Havers, actor and comedian Jon Monie, Lord Lieutenant Sarah- Rose Troughton, footballer Don Rogers, Olympian David Hemery and the irrepressible former High Sheriff Nicky Alberry.
There are features about the history and landscape, the people who live and work in the county, about the food, the military and the church (from tiny medieval buildings to one of the world’s greatest cathedrals).
Brimming with entertaining and unexpected snippets – and all the money you spend goes to the charities.
To find out more and to order, visit www.deepestbooks.co.uk

Bridget Strawbridges beautiful book ” Dancing with Bees‘ is now out in paperback, but there are a few signed hardback copies left! Unlike the paperbacks they have beautiful colour papers by John Walters

Beautiful 100 Birds by popular West Country photographer.

Carl Bovis’ evocative and humourous photography has won him a large and loyal following on social media with almost 55,000 fans on Twitter. And justifiably so – his work is not only technically excellent, but also
fun, characterful and keenly observed, making it a joy for all who are allowed to share in the results of his passion.
His book ‘100 Birds’ is a delight for any bird lover; featuring 100 of his best, or most interesting, bird photos, coupled with Carl’s comments on how, when and where he got the shots, some information about the birds, plus personal stories and experiences. It’s a joyous book, and his love of the natural world shines from every page.

Don’t leave it too late…

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Many of us now know what a Property and Financial Affairs Lasting Power of Attorney is and how it authorises a trusted person to deal with your money and assets if you become unable to. 

But we can be mistaken in thinking that a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney is not so important because next of kin know what is best for us and can make decisions and give instructions to health care providers if necessary.

The reality is: not necessarily so.

The Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney affords you peace of mind that the persons you trust are able to make decisions on your behalf relating to all your health and care needs in the eventuality that you are no longer able to make these decisions for yourself.

If you put in place a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney, your appointed Attorneys will be able to make decisions on your behalf. This covers everything from washing, dressing, eating, medical care, care homes and even Life Sustaining Treatment.

The Life Sustaining Treatment point is one that most clients find very important when providing instructions for a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney. This sensitive subject is covered separately in the document due to the weight of its importance.

You can choose whether you wish to grant your Attorneys authority to be able to give or refuse Life Sustaining Treatment on your behalf. If you have strong views on this that you would not want to be kept alive artificially, you would be advised to complete a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney and appoint Attorneys that are aware of your wishes.

In the absence of appointed Attorneys with authority to make these decisions on your behalf, the decision will ultimately be with the Doctors. The Doctors and other medical professionals must, of course, act ‘in your best interests’ at all times and may deem keeping you alive artificially as so, even if this is contrary to the wishes that may be known to your family.

The only way to ensure your family or loved ones have the overall say on this difficult decision, is to put in place a Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney.

In certain extreme circumstances, if you find yourself unable to make your own decisions and there is no Health and Welfare Lasting Power of Attorney in place, your family may have to apply to the Court of Protection in order to be granted the right to be able to make decisions in relation your health or proposed treatments. This is an expensive, upsetting and long drawn out process.

Having a Lasting Power of Attorney in place is much like taking out an insurance policy, one hopes it will not ever be needed, but if your family or loved ones do need to call on it; they really do prove invaluable.

By Lesley Hamilton Porter Dodson

Why You Should Oppose 600 Home Development in North Blandford

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Last week Blandford Town Council voted narrowly against a major new housing development of 600 dwellings sited north of the bypass, with up to 200 of them proposed in Pimperne parish. This was an historic upset as all expectations were for approval prior to the meeting. As Cllr. Carter, a Town Councillor and one of the key architects of the Blandford+ Neighbourhood Plan put it “the Plan is inextricably linked to this development”. However this is a deeply flawed application being actively promoted by Dorset Council and elements within Blandford, with scant regard for the consequences and the people of the area, especially Pimperne.  After hearing speeches from Dorset CPRE, Pimperne Parish Council (PC) and the Blandford Allotment Society, councillors saw sense and voted 8-7 against on grounds of adverse environmental impact and concerns over access and highway safety. This follows objections by Pimperne and Stourpaine PCs, Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and North Dorset CPRE, with more likely to follow.

Supposedly North Dorset suffers from a housing supply shortage. This is the main reason for wanting to build this huge development along with the need for a new primary school in Blandford, which is expected be built from Section 106 proceeds paid by the developer, Wyatt Homes. It is bizarre logic to build more houses just to get a new school.

Rolling downland which would be desecrated by the housing development – Image by CPRE

Key Concerns

  • First a recent independent report, Dorset’s Housing Needs, commissioned by Dorset CPRE, demolished the government’s Standard Housing Method for assessing local housing need. The government used 2014 household projections rather than later ones which suggest lower housing needs. Local Plan Housing Targets for the Dorset Council (DC) area are currently 24% lower than the government’s housing need target of 1,827 homes using 2014 household projections. There is clearly no need for new houses in Blandford itself as there is 11.5 years housing land supply at the current build rate, thanks to many new approved developments around the town, which is over twice the government housing target of 5 years. If only DC would stand up for Dorset rather than give in to demands from Westminster.
  • Secondly the scale of this development means it is a strategic one, and should only progress as part of the Dorset-wide Local Plan formulation which is three years away at the earliest. The potential allocation of the site was considered through the Blandford Plus Neighbourhood Plan (NP), but the legality of the plan has been challenged and Dorset Council is currently seeking legal advice. The inclusion of an area of land within Pimperne parish, which would accommodate up to 200 houses, is not justified as it is contrary to the made Pimperne NP, which was voted on and offers protection, with the parish housing target only 39 dwellings for the period 2015-2031. The NP requires that any development should not reduce the gap between Blandford and Pimperne, which this proposal does.
  • Thirdly there will be severe adverse visual impact on the Cranbourne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as part of the site is within this, as well as the setting. This will be exacerbated by the sloping nature of the site, and the number of tall buildings which will be difficult to screen, with current provision totally inadequate. The AONB is now an International Dark Sky Reserve and all development should meet their criteria. The developer in its application has clearly not covered Lighting and its effects on Dark Skies properly.
  • Fourthly the development is not sustainable, with the bypass having to be crossed to access the town, whose centre is not within walking distance. This will encourage the use of cars, as will the location of the school for parents living in Blandford, while residents of the new development will probably also convey their children by car as a major road separates it from the housing.
Lamperd’s Field Allotments on north side of Salisbury Rd. Features Martin Prior who is not happy about the development. Image By CPRE

There are very limited employment opportunities in Blandford, so most seeking employment would head for Poole, thus more cars are likely to be used by new residents, causing more congestion.

There has been little attempt to address climate change, a key concern of Dorset Council. It beggars belief that a council that declares a climate emergency could then permit a development such as this.

  • Fifthly noise from the bypass will impact seriously on properties close by. It is ironic that most of the so-called affordable homes will be located close to the bypass.  Noise mitigation measures suggested here are frankly pathetic e.g. closing windows at night in noise-sensitive rooms.
  • Another key issue is Highways. The A350, a strategic arterial route will suffer major congestion with a new roundabout and three new pedestrian crossings. Building new pedestrian bridges, to supplement the existing one, makes much more sense but is not cheap. The creation of another pedestrian crossing on the A354 on the Salisbury Road and another by the Bellway development will exacerbate the situation. The bypass will cease to function effectively and impact severely on the whole area.
  • The allotments are going to be moved onto arable land. It will take many years of soil creation to produce fruit and vegetables on thin chalky land used for cereals. There are 140 affected allotment holders.
  • The greatest irony of this development is that the new school is only envisaged for phase 2), with no guarantee it will go ahead, while 167 houses are being built as part of phase 1) and will be occupied by families who will put even more pressure on existing overcrowded schools within Blandford before the new school is built. Medical services are already under major strain as well.

Please Protest!

Much of North Dorset will be affected by this development so it is critical that residents send a strong message of protest to Dorset Council and the government. Please post your comments on the Dorset planning portal without delay (https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/planning-buildings-land/planning/planning-application-search-and-comment.aspx) or email planningteamd@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk Ref. P/OUT/2020/00026

Rupert Hardy, Chairman, North Dorset CPRE

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