A former Scout hut in Dorchester could be converted into a home.

The building where the youth group used to meet until 2018 is now the subject of a planning application.

Papers submitted to Dorset Council say the site, which is off Lubbecke Way, would make a three-bed home, across two linked buildings, with parking for two cars.

Ward councillors Stella Jones and Molly Rennie have both welcomed the application which Cllr Rennie says would make good use of a redundant building.

Agents, Crickmay Stark Architects, say the new buildings would retain the same footprint as the existing buildings, a former brick water pumping station connected to a smaller adjoining timber building. The timber building would be replaced with a new zinc-clad building of similar size.

The former pump house would have the living accommodation with a kitchen on the ground floor and the living room within a mezzanine level, with the bedrooms within the smaller extension, linked to the main house.

The site has been used by the Scouts since the 1950s but became too costly to maintain and suffered from a lack of outside space suitable for Scouting activities. The site has been sold to Skelly Construction from Portland with the proceeds from the sale used by the Scouts to develop a new meeting and training centre for the organisation in Crossways.

Comments on the application, ref 2021/02056 on the Dorset Council website, remain open until October 11.