Latest plans approved include work on fire-damaged cottage
These are the latest plans approved in the west Dorset area which include work on a fire-damaged cottage in the grounds of Parnham House
70 new homes and nature site planned for village
ALMOST 70 homes are under consideration by Dorset Council for two, linked, sites in Bere Regis.
School asks to keep classroom installed without planning consent
A NORTH Dorset school in Spetisbury is asking to keep a modular classroom building which was installed without planning consent.
Plan for 26 homes on 'eyesore' site turned down
A NEW plan for 26 homes on the site of the former Marchesi House home at Southill, Wymouth has been turned down with critisicm of some design elements.
'Challenging' 900 cases backlog for breach of planning rules
DORSET Council is dealing with 900 enforcement cases for breach of planning rules – four hundred of them more than two years old, 80 more than five years old.
Council 'heavy handed' over reintroduction of staff parking charge
DORSET Council has come under fire from Unison for being ‘heavy handed’ over the way it has reintroduced staff payment for car parking at County Hall.
Mobile sauna plan for beach in the winter
WEYMOUTH beach could soon have a winter mobile sauna close to the Pier Bandstand – if a planning request is agreed.
Rise in sex attacks on women and girls in Dorset
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick said more programmes need to be in place after figures revealed sexual assaults on women and girls in Dorset have increased by 8-9 per cent year-on-year
Latest plans lodged include telecoms mast bid
The latest planning applications lodge with Dorset Council for the north Dorset area include plans for a telecoms mast
Police chief says: 'Sorry - it's fly-tipping' after mum fined for leaving cabinet out
Dorset PCC David Sidwick says a cabinet left outside a home for people to take for free by a Bournemouth mum who was fined £500 'was fly-tipping'
