The project will combine the six legacy planning systems into one single software platform. 47 years of planning information has already been transferred to the new system for the former North and West District Councils.
The consultation on Dorset Council Local Plan ends on 15 March. The plan, once adopted, will guide decisions on planning applications in Dorset until 2038.
The consultation for the Dorset Local Plan is halfway through, but there’s still plenty of time to have your say. The consultation closes on 15 March.
A consultation on the Dorset Council Local Plan begins on 18 January and will last until 15 March. Once adopted, the Local Plan will guide decisions on planning applications in Dorset until 2038.
A local community has taken a significant step closer to having greater influence over planning decisions in their area. A final version of the Wareham Neighbourhood Plan has been submitted to the council for examination. The plan has been drawn up by local people, and agreed by the town council, who feel confident that the… Read more Community a step closer to agreeing neighbourhood plan
The transformation of Dorset Council’s planning services is being discussed at the next Cabinet meeting (8 December). The report is a review of the services by The Planning Advisory Service that took place within the council’s first year.
A consultation on the draft Dorset Council Local Plan will start on 18 January 2021. Once adopted, the Local Plan will guide decisions on planning applications in Dorset for the next 15 years. The draft Dorset Council Local Plan will be discussed at next week’s Cabinet meeting. View the papers and the Dorset Council Local… Read more Have your say on Dorset Council’s Local plan
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.
Dorset Council is reaching a key point in a project to transform their planning system.
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.
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.
Following the successful examination of the Portland Neighbourhood Plan, Dorset Council has agreed to allow the plan, as amended, to progress to referendum. The plan was drawn up by local people and supported by the town council.
Considering the current coronavirus (COVID-19) situation, Dorset Council has taken the decision to postpone all its committee meetings until central government advice is issued on how to continue democratic services.
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.
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
A development of 38 homes in Beaminster is set to go ahead as a wholly affordable scheme following a Dorset Council meeting.
A development of 38 homes in Beaminster is set to go ahead as a wholly affordable scheme following a Dorset Council meeting.
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Local residents in Wool, Bovington and East Burton are being asked to give their thoughts to help shape their area.
Dorset Council has announced what is happening next in regards to the old council building and site at North Quay in Weymouth.
Following two weeks of public hearings this summer on the Purbeck Local Plan, an additional three days of sessions are now planned for October.
There is an opportunity to comment on the final version of the Arne Neighbourhood Plan which has been submitted to Dorset Council for examination.
A final version of the Upper Marshwood Vale Neighbourhood Plan has been submitted to Dorset Council for examination.
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.
Dorset Council has approved a request from Queen Thorne Parish Council for the designation of a neighbourhood area, which is the first formal stage of preparing a neighbourhood plan.
An outline application for up to 500 homes on land to the north of Littlemoor in Weymouth has been approved by Dorset Council.
Bere Regis residents now have influence over development in their local area after Dorset Council’s cabinet adopted the village’s neighbourhood plan in June 2019.
Dorset Council has a legal requirement to produce and adopt a new local plan within the next four to five years. This will eventually replace the local plans adopted by the separate district and borough councils that existed before Dorset Council was formed.
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.
