Dorset council is seeking applications from relevant organisations to apply for government’s Community Renewal Fund. The Fund is specifically for projects that focus on supporting people and communities most in need across the UK. Applicants can put forward potential projects which align with one, or deliver across several, of the following investment priorities: investment in… Read more Bids invited for the £220m Community Renewal Fund
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
Easter, a time of new-born lambs, fighting the urge to break the diet and hoping the kids come down from the ceiling after the massive post sugar rush of chocolate eggs.
Dorset Council has released the 2021 Activate Coast and Greenspace programme. It will help local people to get and stay active through a range of activities in green spaces.
Surface dressing is underway to repair suitable roads across Dorset as part of the annual programme of road maintenance work.
In response to Dorset Council’s recent public engagement on its initial development proposals for the North Quay site in Weymouth, a number of comments were made about the historical importance of the site, particularly as it was the location of action during the Civil War in 1645.
A team of contractors, led by Dorset Highways, has successfully completed three months flood protection work in West Bay.
A local man was recently found guilty in court of driving without due care and attention after injuring a Dorset Council officer who was carrying out his duties.
Residents of Wimborne St Giles have the opportunity to shape their community through the development of a Neighbourhood Plan.
A review of the Holwell Neighbourhood Plan has been submitted to the council for examination. The plan has been reviewed by local people, and agreed by the parish council, who feel confident that the plan reflects the hopes and views of the local community.
Dorset Council’s Cabinet has approved a further £6.3million to help repair and maintain the county’s roads, footways, and cycleways.
Dorset Council’s Durlston Country Park in Swanage has received a grant of £35,400 from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and reopen.
Dorset Council and its partners are pleased to be welcoming visitors back this Easter to the Roman Town House in Dorchester. The project has been made possible by money raised by National Lottery players and has received £248,000 grant funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The project focuses on delivering a range of improvements… Read more The Roman Town House open to visitors this Easter
On 29 March, Dorset Council completed the sale of the former North Dorset District Council Nordon site to Aster Communities Ltd. Detailed planning permission has already been granted and development is imminent. The development will be a mix of social rent and shared ownership homes, consisting of one-bedroom maisonettes alongside two, three and four bedroom-houses.
Dorset residents can still ask for help if they need it when shielding ends on Thursday (1 April).
Work will be moving to the south side of Weymouth harbour next week (6 April) to provide outdoor seating space in time for hospitality businesses reopening.
This Easter, Dorset Council are warning potential visitors to their Household Recycling Centres (HRCs, or “the tip”) to expect long delays, and are advising to postpone your “trip to the tip” if possible.
Discussions have started with local communities across the Dorset Council area to engage with them on a review of parking charges.
More than 1,500 fun food and activity ‘holiday bundles’ are being sent to Dorset children who need it most this Easter. Volunteers and council staff took over County Hall in Dorchester to create the bundles for families who have been hardest hit by the pandemic, take a look! https://youtu.be/qUwELM6qPZk The bundles, which are being distributed… Read more Delivering food and fun to children in Dorset
Free parking arrangements for NHS and care workers will remain in place through to the end of Sunday 18th July 2021.
A special hotline set up to help people get online during the first lockdown is celebrating its first anniversary. Three lockdowns later and the Dorset Digital Hotline has now helped almost 1,000 people. Behind the hotline is a team of dedicated volunteer Digital Champions who were forced to give up their library clinics when lockdown… Read more Dorset’s Digital Hotline celebrates its first birthday
A new extra care residential development has resolution for approval following a Dorset Council Northern Area Planning Committee meeting on 23 March.
Councillors on Dorset Council’s Cabinet have discussed recommendations at its meeting on 6 April and have agreed to continue looking at the orders for the banning of disposable BBQs on Dorset land in high fire risk areas across Dorset. These will come into force at a later date.
[Updated Tuesday 6 April] – Dorset Council’s Cabinet today discussed the Capital Programme 2021/22 report, which outlines a number of major new projects that need capital funding.
Dorset Highways maintenance gangs are out across the county continuing to repair road damage.
A joint bid by Dorset Council and BCP Council for funds to create a list of local heritage assets has been successful. A total of £70,000 has been secured from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
At Dorset Council’s Cabinet meeting on April 6th, officers will recommend members approve the funding of a new Household Recycling Centre (HRC, or “the tip”) for East Dorset.
As many residents have already discovered, going for a bike ride is a great way to exercise and socialise with friends and family while social distancing remains in place.
Signage featuring fun and friendly wildlife characters will soon be seen on Dorset’s verges. The signage will feature a range of characters including bumble bee, mouse, grass snake, hedgehog and grasshopper. The messages on the signs will explain how we are managing that particular verge and thank people for taking their rubbish home.
Political and business leaders have welcomed news that rural Dorset will be among the first areas in the country to benefit from the government’s new £5bn gigabit broadband fund. It follows months of behind-the-scenes lobbying for better broadband in Dorset, led by West Dorset MP Chris Loder and Dorset Council’s deputy leader, Cllr Peter Wharf.… Read more Dorset one of the first areas to benefit from £5bn broadband fund
