The Dorset Local Access Forum are looking for people who want to improve Dorset’s paths and open spaces for local people and visitors.
The number of requests for help with finding home care are growing daily at #HelpAndKindness.
Dorset Council has been awarded £98,000 of Government funding, after applying to a national competition, to improve the most poorly insulated rented homes in Dorset.
Work will begin on new sustainable travel facilities along Ringwood Road in Ferndown on 1 November 2021.
Join us in celebrating National Care Leavers’ Week (Monday 25 October – Sunday 31 October 2021). Book a spot on our webinar to find out how you can help to support Dorset’s care leavers.
Dorset health organisations are working with Dorset Council to create a space for rapid access clinics in South Walks House, Dorchester, as part of a county-wide effort to tackle NHS waiting lists.
People in Dorset are reminded to give their comments as part of a review which aims to ensure Dorset’s town and parish councils continue to reflect the communities they represent.
Cllr Spencer Flower, Leader of Dorset Council, has made the changes outlined below to his Cabinet as a mid-year reshuffle. All changes come into immediate effect from today, Monday 18 October.
In a record-breaking year for the Green Flag Award, as the scheme marks its Silver Jubilee, Dorset Council has six countryside sites celebrating success today – the best ever results for Dorset.
The Wareham community is just one step away from having an approved neighbourhood plan for its area.
A local community has taken a significant step closer to having greater influence over planning decisions in their area. A final version of the Stinsford Neighbourhood Plan has been submitted to the council for examination.
Dorset Council has been undertaking the Annual Canvass for the Register of Electors and all residents have been asked to check their electoral registration details are correct to make sure they retain their right to vote in future elections and referendums.
The grant funding will be used to help build almost 200 homes in Dorset on underused brownfield land, helping local people and families get on the property ladder.
Dorset Council is proposing to keep the current safety railings on Custom House Quay, Weymouth, in place for the foreseeable future.
Dorset Council is looking to improve and strengthen the special educational needs and disability information, advice and support service, SENDIASS. This is a free, confidential and impartial service for children and young people aged 0 to 25 years who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), and their parents and carers. In October 2020, Dorset Council’s Cabinet, made up of local councillors, approved plans to find an external provider… Read more Update on Dorset’s SENDIAS service
Leigh Road / Wimborne Road West will be closed overnight for 5 nights between 18 October until 22 October 2021. These closures will take place from 8pm in the evening to 6am the following morning.
Leigh Road / Wimborne Road West will be closed overnight for 5 nights between 18 October until 22 October 2021. These closures will take place from 8pm in the evening to 6am the following morning. (more…)
Dorset Council is highlighting that Sunday 10th October is World Mental Health Day.
Dorset Council and BCP Council have appointed Land Use Consultants (LUC) to manage the Local Heritage List Campaign, which will enable communities of all ages and backgrounds across Dorset to nominate locally important buildings, sites, monuments and features to be included on new Local Heritage Lists.
Dorset Council was recently awarded around £380,000 for projects to help women and girls feel safer on our streets as part of the Government’s Safer Streets Fund.
Dorset residents are reminded to reach out for support if they are experiencing financial difficulties or are feeling stressed or worried.
Over the summer children and young people took part in a variety of exciting, unique, and enriching activities, such as: paddle-boarding across our stunning coastline woodwork in the one of our beautiful forests team sports such as cricket, basketball, and football raft building with a team of friends so many more fantastic experiences All this… Read more Summer in Dorset – Giving children a summer holiday to remember
Dorset Council is urging people who are on the current housing register to re-register on the new Dorset Council Home Choice system no later than Wednesday 1 December to keep their place on the housing register.
Hi, I am Chris Lee, and I’m a planning policy officer working on the Local Plan for Dorset Council. I want share with you how we are seeking to locate development in the right places.
We will be transferring the planning and land charges information for the former East Dorset District Council into the new Dorset Council planning platform. This is the fifth phase of six to move all former district, borough, and county planning systems into one.
Dorset Council has announced it will be changing the opening hours of all 10 of its Household Recycling Centres (HRCs, or “the tip”) from Friday 1 October.
Dorset Council has given notice that it wishes to defer the report on the Custom House Quay public realm enhancement proposals until a future meeting of the Western and Southern Area Planning Committee.
Is your child due to start Secondary or Upper school next September? You need to apply by 31 October 2021 for the best chance of getting a place at their preferred school. This applies to all children moving from primary to secondary school, or middle to upper school in September 2022.
Twelve rural roads are being reconstructed this autumn thanks to the Department for Transport’s Pothole Fund.
A five-day festival will be staged at locations across Dorset next month to showcase the county’s exciting digital future. Dorset Council’s Festival of the Future is back – and this time it’s a truly hybrid event where people can attend in person or take part virtually. Held from 4-8 October, #FutureFest21 will highlight the innovation… Read more Festival to showcase Dorset’s digital future
