Dorset Council and Network Rail are celebrating after winning over £1.1m in special government funding to improve road safety in Weymouth by removing the rail tracks from the old Weymouth Harbour Branch Line.
Two local communities are just one step away from having approved neighbourhood plans for their area.
Dorset Council has successfully prosecuted a man for fly-tipping offences.
Dorset Council’s micro-surfacing programme will get underway next week following its postponement last autumn due to bad weather.
Council tax contributions for Dorset Council will increase by just under 4% to help fund the rising cost of adult social care and children’s services, protecting the most vulnerable people in society.
These are the questions formally submitted by both the public and councillors at Tuesday’s Full Council meeting for February 2020, and the answers given. Questions submitted for Public Participation Period Question – submitted by Paul N Tomlinson, Chairman of the former Dorset, Poole & Bournemouth Local Access Forum Local access forums “Section 94 of the… Read more Full Council meeting: 18 February 2020 – Questions and answers
Today, Friday 21 February, is #CareDay20. A global celebration of Children and Young People with care experience.
The spring edition of our residents’ magazine, Dorset Council News, will be landing on your doormat this March.
This is our first Foster in Dorset blog but we thought this was a great way to let you know about what we have been up to and what’s coming up.
A bid led by Dorset Council has been awarded £4.335m to help understand how rural communities could benefit from next generation mobile connectivity.
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Councillors approved Dorset Council’s budget and agreed our priorities for 2020/21 at last night’s Full Council meeting (18 Feb). They decided to increase council tax by just under 4% to help fund the rising cost of adult social care and children’s services, protecting the most vulnerable people in society. The increase also protects ‘discretionary’ services… Read more Dorset Council sets its budget and priorities for 2020/21
Dorset Council has been awarded nearly £500,000 of government funding to help tackle rough sleeping in the county.
A further amount of just under £1m has been secured to help tackle domestic abuse across Dorset and Hampshire. This follows a similar award to the area in 2018.
Dorset Council’s Durlston Country Park in Swanage has scooped bronze in the South West Tourism Awards in the ‘Accessible and Inclusive Tourism’ category.
A consultation to help shape community safety priorities in the Dorset Council area is online now.
Dorset Council has invited people to present their ideas on how they think the Council can help tackle climate change.
Despite some pretty miserable weather and the theft of equipment and tools from site, work in Gillingham is on schedule.
Activity on the Weymouth peninsula will increase next month when Dorset Highways start trial works.
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for Saturday 15 February.
Enforcement Officers from the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP), working alongside Dorset Council’s legal team, have successfully prosecuted a fly-tipper from Weymouth.
It is with regret that we announce that the Big Bang at Dorset Fair event will not take place at the Tank Museum in Bovington on Wednesday 18 March. We have taken this decision as a result of exhibitors, volunteers and schools informing us of non-attendance. The quality of the event will be such that… Read more Big Bang event cancelled
Residents of Shaftesbury are invited to comment on a plan reflecting the local community’s vision for the town.
The met office has issued a wind weather warning for Sunday 9 February. There will be very strong winds, with some rainfall from midnight Saturday night, throughout Sunday and possibly into Monday morning.
More than 200 people in Weymouth have already received free central heating – thanks to the ‘Heat Melcombe Regis’ project.
Congratulations to Dorset’s newly-elected Youth Parliament Members. (MYPS)
This year, Dorset Council is using micro-surfacing on suitable residential roads to preserve more of its network.
Work in Swanage town centre will intensify following the approval of Traffic Regulation Orders for changes to loading bays and on-street parking along Institute Road.
Late last month, Dorset Council’s Climate and Ecological Emergency Executive Advisory Panel convened to hear about the continued progress being made by the authority in its work to tackle climate change.
Community and voluntary organisations working in and around Dorchester will be pleased to hear that the Dorchester Market Car Boot Fund is open for applications. The income from weekly Car Boots sales held in Dorchester is distributed annually to local community and voluntary organisations in and around Dorchester to benefit projects operating within or supporting… Read more Dorchester Market Car Boot Funds 2020
