Dorset Council is currently looking at whether they can change current arrangements to allow more visitors at their Household Recycling Centres (HRCs, or ‘the tip’) across the county.
Dorset Council has published our Weymouth Harbour & Esplanade Flood and Coastal Risk Management Strategy, which details how we will ensure that the town is protected from potential coastal flooding and erosion by developing the harbour walls and esplanade sea defences.
The consultation gathered views from residents, visitors, businesses and other organisations about a dog-related Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) across the Dorset Council area.
Did you know one baby can go through around 6,000 disposable nappies before they’re potty trained?
Temporary pedestrian and traffic measures put in place across the Dorset Council area to help with social distancing will start to be removed as the summer season draws to an end.
Before the recent coronavirus (COVID-19) situation fully developed, Dorset Council had come up with a solution to retain the Service 6 bus between Bridport and Beaminster, in collaboration with local bus operator.
Local residents are invited to have their say on a plan reflecting the community’s vision for Chickerell.
Dorset Council are currently unable to access samples for the purpose of monitoring marine biotoxins, phytoplankton and E-coli. In the interest of protecting public health, Dorset Council, in line with advice from the Food Standards Agency, have taken the decision to temporarily close the following classified shellfish beds.
Our Highways team has been busy recently with resurfacing roads and repainting cycle lanes in both Lytchett Minster and Weymouth.
As part of the continuing multi-million-pound transport overhaul in Gillingham work will soon be starting in Station Road and demolition of The Old Manse will also get underway.
The government has published two consultation papers this week setting out major changes in planning. One sets out proposals for a completely new national planning system. The other proposes shorter-term amendments to the current system, which would take effect more quickly.
Over the last two years 11 barn owl boxes have been installed in trees and barns on Dorset Council farms. Now 25 per cent of Dorset Council farms have an owl box.
Dorset Council has approved a request from Weymouth Town Council for the designation of a Neighbourhood Area, which is the first formal stage of preparing a plan. A Neighbourhood Plan aims to give residents more control over planning policy in their local area, and where land is earmarked for new homes, shops and offices in… Read more Weymouth designated a Neighbourhood Area
Officers in Dorset Council’s Highways team are asking Cabinet to approve plans to invest £9.1m toward repairing some of Dorset’s worst roads and improving others.
Dorset Council (DC) has published the first draft of their Climate and Ecological Emergency strategy online, ahead of the document being discussed by councillors at the Place Scrutiny meeting on 23 July.
In April 2019 Dorset Council became a unitary authority. This reorganisation combined district, borough and county councils. All six organisations had their own versions of planning management software from two different suppliers.
On the 4th July 2020, Weymouth’s Town Bridge will be 90 years old.
Dorset Council’s Environmental Protection Team have received a high number of complaints about flies over the last few weeks.
Dorset Council is seeking agreement to look at measures prohibiting or controlling the use of disposable barbecues and other fire-related activities in the area.
It’s been over a month since Dorset Council re-opened its household recycling centres (HRCs, or “the tip”) after they were closed in the early stages of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A calm sensory, walk has been created by Dorset Council’s in-house Green Infrastructure Advice team and Landscape team for children at Puddletown First School.
Are you thinking of visiting Dorset now? Please think twice If you are thinking of visiting Dorset’s seaside or beauty spots, we are asking you to be considerate and think about the potential impact of your visit on Dorset’s communities.
The business of deciding planning permission through democratically elected committees continues at Dorset Council. The council is using Microsoft Teams to conduct virtual meetings during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Councils were given new powers to hold public meetings remotely on 4 April.
Two supplementary planning documents (SPD) have been published that will help Dorset Council decide on future developments in areas of the county that are protected.
These webs are where caterpillars that have been overwintering and large numbers of caterpillars are emerging from these cocoons and feasting on surrounding vegetation.
We are fortunate in Dorset to have almost 3,000 miles of footpaths, bridleways and byways that can be used to take your one form of exercise each day.
Taking a form of exercise every day can have health benefits, both mentally and physically. We are lucky in Dorset to have a network of almost 3,000 miles of footpaths, bridleways and byways that offers people the chance to stretch their legs, connect with nature and destress.
Dorset Council is extending this public consultation by three weeks to make sure people who were unable to obtain a paper version from libraries or the Council offices can do so. We recognise that these premises were closed due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and wants to give those that could not attend due to… Read more Have your say on dogs in public spaces – extended
Garden Waste customers have reason to be pleased as Dorset Council will be resuming its garden waste kerbside collections from Monday 27 April.
With household recycling centres (HRCs) currently closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Dorset Council is asking people to help them in the fight against fly-tipping.
