Emergency services and other partner agencies across Dorset are working together to highlight the #Unacceptable trend in the number of verbal abuse, assaults or attacks their staff face and the rising number involving threats of COVID-19 infection.
Residents from across Dorset are being urged by BCP Council, Dorset Council and Dorset Police to stay at home over the Easter break, with any exercise taken directly from their front doors.
Dorset Council residents continue to support those most vulnerable in their local community during the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19).
If you’re feeling a bit lost in this new digital-only world, help is on hand from the Dorset Digital Hotline.
The spring edition of our residents’ magazine, Dorset Council News, will be landing on your doormat this March.
The Met Office has issued a weather warning for Saturday 15 February.
Residents of Shaftesbury are invited to comment on a plan reflecting the local community’s vision for the town.
Local residents are invited to have their say on a plan reflecting the community’s vision for the Parish of Milton Abbas.
Borys Peplinski (28) of Bournemouth has been ordered to pay £1,945 following two fly tipping offences committed in 2017, at Hartland Moor, Wareham and at Dullar Lane, Lytchett Matravers.
If you are looking to save a few extra pounds this year, protect the environment and meet new people, why not sign up to CarShare Dorset?
11 students across Dorset are standing for election to become the county’s next Members of Youth Parliament (MYP).
Three communities could have a Neighbourhood Plan if residents give them the go ahead.
Don’t miss the deadline to apply for school places for September 2020. With only eight days left to sign up, there are still over 600 families who have yet to apply.
Dorset Council and BCP Council are jointly consulting on supplementary planning policy aimed at protecting areas of sensitive heathland in south east Dorset.
Dorset residents can continue to access the Somerley Household and Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) at Verwood Road free of charge without needing to register their vehicle.
Moors Valley Country Park is replacing its restaurant furniture and is offering its current tables and chairs to members of the public for sensible donations, the proceeds of which will go to local charity, Hope for Food.
Working towards making home ownership a reality in Dorset, Opening Doors will now cover Purbeck and East Dorset.
Due to predicted adverse weather, tomorrow’s joint Dorset Council and Weymouth Town council celebratory event will now be held in the Pavilion Piano Bar at Weymouth Pavilion. The celebration will take place on Thursday 19 December at 6pm and will run for approx. 60 minutes and will provide an opportunity to hear from those who… Read more Update: Weymouth Promenade Artistic Lighting Scheme celebratory event
Motcombe residents can now have influence over development in their local area after Dorset Council’s cabinet made (or adopted) the parish’s neighbourhood plan in December 2019.
Dorset Council Cabinet agrees to enter into a contract with Homes England that will see an extra £808,855 go towards building 53 new affordable homes in Bridport.
UPDATED 09 December 2019 Dorset Council and Weymouth Town Council will be holding a small celebratory event for the Weymouth Promenade Artistic Lighting Scheme.
Up to 46 new affordable homes have been approved following the Dorset Council Northern Planning Committee meeting on 19 November.
Two plans are being talked about for the Dorset Council area, so we’ve put together a short guide below to explain the differences.
28 Computer-controlled LED strips have successfully been installed along Weymouth promenade between the Pier Bandstand and the Pavilion. Testing of the Weymouth Promenade Artistic Lighting Scheme completed earlier this week and from today, Weymouth bay will be lit up by a series of lighting programmes inspired by the local community.
The right of way across the Lodmoor Nature Reserve in Weymouth has reopened this morning following completion of maintenance works.
Update 4 November: From Monday 11 November, the right of way across the nature reserve will be closed for approximately three days whilst essential maintenance works resumes. The closure is needed to replace a failing culvert system, the works will actively help to reduce upstream flood risk and will allow the RSPB to better manage the… Read more Lodmoor Nature Reserve engineering work update
Residents in Milborne St Andrew and in Broadwindsor now have influence over development in their local areas after Dorset Council adopted their neighbourhood plans. 91% of residents who took part in a referendum on the plan for Milborne St Andrew voted for Dorset Council to use their neighbourhood plan to help decide planning applications. Residents… Read more Two new neighbourhood plans adopted in Dorset
Fancy doing your bit and helping us in our bid to tackle climate change? Join us in our annual Liftshare week and turn your daily commute into something much more enjoyable.
A development of 38 homes in Beaminster is set to go ahead as a wholly affordable scheme following a Dorset Council meeting.
Dorset Council hosted a well-attended launch event to officially mark the re-opening of its Weymouth Library and Learning Centre, earlier today (Saturday 28 September).
