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January 2019 January 2019

EXPLAINING THE NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN

HOUSING

Our plan proposes creating 105 new homes, which will amount to a 12% increase
in housing numbers in the village. In arriving at this number there were 4 key
factors we considered:
Ingredients
1. How many are needed?
 6 Boned chicken thighs
 Butter or oil for frying 2. Where should the sites be?
 1 clove garlic 3. What styles and designs would be suitable?
 One medium onion
4. What housing types were needed?
 One tin of chopped tomatoes
 6 streaky bacon rashers  How many? We are proposing 105 new homes. We arrived at this number
taking into account a housing needs survey, a review of Purbeck's housing
 One wineglass dry sherry or cheap white wine
register, and then balancing this known need with what we believed it was
 One tablespoon flour feasible for the village to absorb without causing undue harm to the
 Thyme community. Our early thought was around 70 homes, but the old school
site became available, so we were able to think about another 25 on that
 Salt and pepper
site.
 2 slices white bread for frying and parsley for garnish
 Sites? All our surveys confirmed that you, the residents preferred a number
1. Place a sprig of thyme in each chicken thigh and wrap round of smaller sites around the village, rather than one big site. In all we
with the streaky bacon and secure with a cocktail stick considered 8 or 9 possible sites, and using criteria including accessibility,
closeness to the village centre and visibility we were able finally to put
2. Place butter in pan, add the wrapped chicken thighs and
forward 5 sites:
brown on all sides.
1. Back Lane 55 units
3. Remove and place in a casserole
2. Tower Hill 3 units
4. To the remaining butter in pan add garlic, onion, sherry,
tomatoes and one tablespoon flour. Cook for one minute and 3. North Street 10 units
then pour over chicken. Cover and bake for one hour at 350
4. White Lovington 12 units
degrees F.
5. Old School 25 units
5. To serve - remove cocktail sticks and place chicken on a warm
serving dish. Cover with sauce, dust with chopped parsley and  Style and Design? We have said that any new housing adjoining the
conservation area should respect and fit in with the style and streetscape
garnish with triangles of fried bread
of our traditional housing. At White Lovington we would expect the style
This dish is a variation on coq au vin and has been modified from a WI book and density to be similar to the existing houses. On the old school site we
published in 1965 called what’s Cooking in Dorset. I have made for an evening have not expressed a preference.
meal and much enjoyed with the fried bread triangles like croutons
 Housing types? The law requires that on sites of 10 or more houses 60%
Susan Stone should be for private sale and the remainder should be 'affordable'. This
means that around 63 of the new homes will be for sale in the market,

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