Monmouth Road shop to be converted to a home Picture: Trevor Bevins
A FORMER corner shop in Monmouth Road, Dorchester is to be converted back to a home.
The convenience store closed in December last year after being advertised for sale since 2015: the price starting at £100,000 and then reduced to £70,000.
After the business closed the shop was offered at £30,000 with three-months rent free, but still failed to attract a buyer.
Dorset Council planners accept that the shop is no longer viable and say that as it is surrounded by residential properties its conversion to a two-bed home would not look out of place.
There was no objection from any of the formal consultees, including Dorchester Town Council, and no comment on the application by neighbours.
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