Council chiefs have finally taken ownership of three key sites in the centre of Weston-super-Mare, with plans to build as many as 500 new homes on them. And while North Somerset Council work on getting a developer and the plans drawn up, it is also looking at creating a Wapping Wharf-style ‘meanwhile use’, which could see pop-up restaurants and bars on the sites.
The three sites - Dolphin Square, Sunnyside Road and Locking Road - were owned for years by the Government’s housing agency Homes England, but they didn’t develop them. So now North Somerset Council has finally taken ownership of the three sites, with plans for hundreds of new homes, as well as commercial uses and community buildings.
Council chiefs said they hope work on the developments at the three sites will start in either 2024 or 2025, and they have already allocated nearly £700,000 to make sure affordable homes are included in the developments.
