PEOPLE will have to wait a little longer to find out if a controversial planning application for 760 homes at Bridport’s Vearse Farm gets approved.

The application was set to be heard at West Dorset District Council’s Planning Committee on Thursday, October 12, but it's now been taken off the agenda.

The delay is due to the district council’s planning department requiring time to agree the planning conditions and terms for the required legal agreement. This is part of the consideration of the statutory consultee responses to the amended scheme.

Cllr Ian Gardner, West Dorset District Council’s Portfolio Holder for Planning, said: “It’s important we wait until we have all the relevant conditions confirmed in order to give due consideration to the application.

“Anyone who has made representations on the application will be directly informed of the proposed date of committee when the agenda is confirmed.

“We’re anticipating the application to be heard at a planning meeting in November.”

The plan by Hallam Land Management proposes 760 homes, a new school and a care home at the site which lies within Symondsbury parish to the west of Bridport.

Campaigners have long had concerns about traffic issues along the B3162 which runs near the site, and claim the proposed development would ‘exacerbate’ them.