Civic chiefs could be set to invest £318,000 into redeveloping a waste operations depot.

Purbeck District Council (PDC) members are being recommended to approve investment of capital funding for the Westminster Road depot in Wareham, which is currently owned by the council and leased to Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP), at a meeting of the full council next week.

DWP will also invest £216,000 towards the redevelopment, which includes demolition of the entire site,

The premises have been used as a site for waste operations by PDC for many years, but after April 2019 the asset will be owned by the new Dorset Council unitary authority.

Money invested will be used to bankroll significant redevelopment of the site including new office space.

The report says: “The demolition of the whole site creates a larger operation space for the DWP so it can accommodate more waste vehicles.

“This will enable DWP to expand its commercial waste and garden waste operations in Purbeck.

“Expanding this part of the operation will result in the creation of new jobs for the area.”

Currently, in order to meet service demands in Purbeck, both commercial and domestic collection vehicles are driving from Poundbury, as there is not enough space at the Wareham depot, the report to councillors says.

“The additional space created at the deport will prevent these additional journeys which will have a positive environmental impact.”

The meeting will take place on Tuesday, August 21 at the Purbeck District Council Offices in Wareham.