Dorset Council can announce a strong step forward in its work with Registered Provider Housing Associations, responding to the growing need for affordable housing. In the year to March 2021, 301 new affordable homes were built by Housing Associations or acquired by the council. In the last year, to March 2022, there was success in… Read more 75 per cent increase in the number of affordable homes built in a year
A partnership between Dorset Council, SEA LIFE Weymouth and Sea Hives Ltd has successfully installed four Sea Hives underwater in Weymouth Harbour, suspended from the Pleasure Pier.
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the council area continuing to repair road damage.
Dorset Council and Swanage Town Council have announced plans to jointly light a Beacon for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee on the evening of Thursday, June 2, 2022. The Beacon is one of thousands being lit in the UK and the Commonwealth, and forms part of the official programme announced by Buckingham Palace for the Jubilee Weekend. The Beacon… Read more Proud to be part of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacons and Associated Activities
Paving work around Blandford town centre will be left clean and tidy for half term and the long bank holiday weekend.
Schools, libraries and a visitor attraction in Dorset are set to be among the first in the country to benefit from next generation full-fibre broadband using the government’s £5 billion Project Gigabit funding. Dorset Council has been awarded nearly £900,000 to oversee the project and Blandford-based Wessex Internet has secured the contract to deliver the… Read more Dorset centres among the first to benefit from £5 billion Project Gigabit
