Residents who have experienced domestic abuse will receive further support with government funding of £650,000 to Dorset Council. The government grant will be used in the next 12 months to make residents who have experienced any form of domestic abuse safer in their own homes, or in supported accommodation, as well as provide specialist support… Read more Funds awarded for domestic abuse support
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
Plans to build new affordable homes for people with care and support needs on the site of a former school will be decided at Cabinet next week. The development for the 1.6 hectare site at Worgret Road, Wareham, is part of Purbeck Gateway: a scheme which will provide homes, care and jobs for the local… Read more Dorset Council Cabinet to consider plans for Purbeck Gateway development
Dorset Council has launched a new round of grants to support social, voluntary and community sector organisations.
Improvements to the Castleman Trailway are at the half-way point!
Drivers in Dorset are being reminded of on-street parking charge changes.
Work on new cycle, walking and bus infrastructure improvements on Wimborne Road in Ferndown between Canford Bottom and Trickett’s Cross roundabouts will start next month.
A30 Kitt Hill and Cornhill in Sherborne will remain closed following damage to a wall.
A huge thank you is being sent to relatives who are playing a critical role in helping loved ones to leave hospital. As health and social care services continue to be stretched due to the exceptional pressures of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and seasonal impact of winter, the role of relatives in supporting patients is… Read more Thank you to relatives who are helping loved ones to leave hospital
The council has made the difficult decision to advise all schools to close and has suspended many services for Friday as 100mph winds of Storm Eunice are predicted to hit the county.
Staff and volunteers at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest near Ringwood are celebrating success in the 2022 Dorset Tourism Awards.
Dorset Council’s Community Recovery Grants has awarded over £95K in a bid to support local organisations restart activity and recover after the Pandemic.
A Ferndown resident has been prosecuted for failing to comply with a Planning Enforcement Notice.
Work is about to start to improve cycle lanes on Dorchester Road, Weymouth, to give users a greater sense of safety.
Residents across the whole of Dorset will now be able to nominate locally important buildings, structures, designed landscapes, sites and places to be considered on new Local Heritage Lists.
Dorset Council has been awarded £500,000 to spearhead a new pilot project to look at ways of boosting mobile digital coverage. Joining forces with partners Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Hampshire County councils, this new ‘Wessex Digital Infrastructure Accelerator’ scheme will examine how online mapping technology can help speed up the rollout of connectivity. The… Read more Dorset Council launches new project to help speed up mobile rollout
Families, carers, education settings and communities are being asked for their thoughts on laying the right foundations so Dorset’s children have the best opportunities to thrive.
Dorset Council’s Planning Convergence and transformation project has reached an incredible milestone. It has completed the transfer of over four million documents in just over a year.
Cabinet, Full Council and Committee meetings will resume in-person instead of online, which became the norm at the start of the coronavirus pandemic almost two years ago. The council will begin its return to in person meetings on 15 February with a Full Council meeting in the Council Chamber at County Hall, Dorchester. Some of… Read more Dorset Council to resume face-to-face meetings
Dorset Council has awarded two 18-month contracts for voluntary and community organisations.
Weymouth Town Bridge will be closed for a number nights in February and March for essential maintenance.
Dorset Council is proposing to withdraw its management from the Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre (QELC), Wimborne in 2024, but has pledged to work with its owners Queen Elizabeth School (QES) to find a sustainable way of keeping their facilities available to those who need them.
A Weymouth roofer has been prosecuted and sentenced after pleading guilty to charging for work he did not do and unnecessary work at the homes of two women in Dorset, one aged 94, the other 67.
Work is set to begin in March on the construction of new sustainable travel facilities along Wimborne Road East and West in Ferndown between Canford Bottom and Trickett’s Cross roundabouts.
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
Local Plans are a key component of the planning system. They shape how land use and places will change and develop in the future.
Vulnerable women in Dorset will benefit from a new scheme which supports them to develop new skills and responses that can help them create a more positive future.
A section of Leigh Road / Wimborne Road West in Colehill and Wimborne, from the junction with Lonsdale Road (the entrance to Quarter Jack Park), to the Brook Road Junction will be closed overnight for 5 nights from 31 January to 4 February 2022.
Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) is held annually on 27 January to remember the millions of people who died during the Holocaust, under Nazi persecution, and in the genocides that followed in Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur. The date marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, where more than a million people… Read more Holocaust Memorial Day – a time for remembrance and reflection
Cllr Laura Miller, Dorset Council’s Portfolio Holder for Customer and Community Services, has provided an update on Redlands and the current discussions around the future of the on-site sports centre.
