Plans forPizza Box takeaway in shipping container at West Bay

AN application to use a converted shipping container for catering is being recommended for planning approval at a West Bay site.

Dorset councillors will decide the Pizza Box application at an area planning committee next week.

The West Bay Holiday Park is asking for the use of the container at Forty Foot Way, just off the mini-roundabout.

A planning case officer says the container’s use is appropriate for the area and will avoid harm to the setting of the West Bay Conservation Area - although some have raised reservations about the plan.

The officer says the business will have measures in place to deal with noise and smells and any risk of flooding.

In a report to the September 7th Dorset Council Western and Southern area planning committee the officer says: “Although relatively utilitarian in appearance, that is moderated by the provision of signage. The development would be seen in the context of existing buildings of limited architectural merit and views from within the conservation area to the east would be filtered through the seating area to the adjacent café which incorporates railings, parasols and festoon lights.”

Bridport Town Council has said it is neutral on the planning issue but has requested that the company considers a local operator for the catering outlet which is likely to primarily sell pizzas.

The West Bay Community Forum raised concerns that the converted container would not be in keeping with the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is worried that it will result in an increase in rubbish from discarded pizza boxes in the area which, it says, already suffers from insufficient bins.

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