An innovative solution to reducing energy consumption, and saving money, received special recognition in November.
In a record-breaking year, 3 country parks and 2 nature sites in Dorset have been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Award.
Residents and visitors can enjoy a daily free bicycle ride, 7 days a week, in southeast Dorset this summer.
Following recent comments in the press and on social media, we want to provide clarity regarding the repairs we are carrying out to Mohuns Great Bridge, a Grade 2 listed structure spanning the River Frome on the outskirts of Dorchester.
Councillors and officers from Dorset Council, Richard Drax MP, Chris Loder MP and the managing directors for South Western Railway and Network Rail (Wessex) officially opened Weymouth’s recently improved railway station on Friday, 21 April.
New covered bicycle parking is now available for Weymouth residents and visitors.
The A338 is to get its twice-yearly clean-up from the end of October 2022.
Dorset Council has secured £2.5million in funding from the Environment Agency to stabilise, protect and repair the historic Cobb in Lyme Regis.
Major cliff falls and landslides back in 1995 and 2001 between Lyme Regis and Stonebarrow left walkers being diverted off this now unstable and dangerous route onto a lengthy, unpleasant road diversion via the A3052. Now this stretch has been restored with two new coast path sections.
Dorset Council will be working with local partners and contractors on the urgent placement of rock protection around the southernmost point of the Chesil Cove Seawall at Chiswell in Portland during May 2022.
The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC) is a new initiative that encourages people across the UK to plant trees to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022.
Pupils and teachers at schools across Dorset are enjoying space for 260 more cycles following the installation of brand new cycle storage facilities.
Dorset Council officers have been working hard with councillors on plans to update and upgrade Council properties using £19 million of grant funding, awarded to help us tackle the Climate and Ecological Emergency.
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.
Improvements to enable more sustainable travel have now been completed on the first section of Wimborne Road West in Colehill.
Farmers and land managers in England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) will be given grants to make improvements to the natural environment, cultural heritage and public access.
The following statement was provided by Dorset Council chairman Cllr Val Pothecary at this evening’s (Thursday 15 July) Full Council meeting, regarding a petition submitted by the Save The Area North of Dorchester (STAND) group.
Dorset Council’s Cabinet has agreed to adopt Dorset’s Cultural Strategy 2021 to 2026, which was discussed at this week’s Cabinet meeting (Tuesday 18 May).
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.
Dorset Council and its partners are celebrating after receiving a £248,000 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to improve physical access to the Dorchester Roman Town House and share its heritage with a much wider audience.
A local community has taken a significant step closer to having greater influence over planning decisions in their area.
Two local communities are just one step away from having approved neighbourhood plans for their area.
A record number of parks and green spaces across the Dorset Council area have been awarded a Green Flag Award, representing the mark of a quality park or green space. Green spaces can be national nature reserves, picnic areas or an area of open space.
A Conservation and Community Fund has been re-opened for the parish areas of Warmwell, Crossways, Knightsford, Broadmayne, Owermoigne, Puddletown, Moreton, and Winfrith Newburgh.
A public examination of a plan for the former Purbeck District area takes place this summer.
As part of their current ‘Tip-Off’ anti-flytipping campaign, Dorset Council is directly addressing some of the comments it hears from residents in the fight against the illegal dumping of waste.
