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Dorset Council Call for Sites

Please use this online form to submit sites for assessment by the Council. We are interested in receiving submissions for sites that may have potential for: New homes (including for the settled and Traveller communities). Employment land. Mitigation for habitat sites. Renewable or low carbon energy. Whilst the formal 'Call for Sites 2023' will close on 1st July 2023 you may still submit sites for assessment. However, we will prioritise the...

Closes 1 January 2025

Nutrient Mitigation Call for Land

Put your land forward to be considered for Dorset Council's Nitrogen Mitigation Delivery in the Poole Harbour Catchment. Welcome to Dorset Council's Nitrogen Mitigation Call for Land. We are interested in receiving submissions from landowners and farmers for land that will help us deliver nitrogen mitigation in the Poole Harbour Catchment. We are primarily looking for mitigation projects which will involve a permanent land-use change. We may consider some limited amount of mitigation...

Closes 17 January 2025

Dorset Council Street Trading Policy

We want to hear your views on our draft Street Trading Policy for Dorset Council. Street trading is the sale or offering for sale of items in a street. A ‘street’ includes any road, footway, or other area to which the public have access without payment (including service stations). It is not only the public highway – it can include publicly accessible areas that are privately owned, such as shopping centre car parks and open spaces. The proposed policy can be...

Closes 26 January 2025

Closed consultations and engagement

Issues we've asked you about previously

Wool Parish Neighbourhood Plan 2024 to 2038

Wool Parish Council has prepared a neighbourhood plan for its parish. It has sent the draft plan to Dorset Council to arrange for its examination. Wool Neighbourhood Plan 2024-2038 (draft July 2024) Dorset Council must now consult on the submitted neighbourhood plan review for a minimum period of 6 weeks. This is a Regulation 16 consultation and will take place between 6 September 2024 and 18 October 2024 (inclusive). To respond to the consultation, see below. ...

Closed 18 October 2024

Add your land to the High Opportunity Nature Areas map which forms part of the Dorset local nature recovery strategy

Put your land forward to be included in the High Opportunity Nature Areas. The Dorset Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) is being co-produced with a wide range of stakeholders and groups to identify the best opportunities to restore, grow and connect nature across the county. The high opportunity nature area map will show where some of these opportunities are or could be. The implementation of the strategy by many people in Dorset will help reverse declines in nature...

Closed 11 October 2024

Fontmell Magna Neighbourhood Plan 2017 to 2031 - First Review

Fontmell Magna Parish Council has prepared a review of its neighbourhood plan. It has sent the draft plan to Dorset Council to arrange for its examination. Fontmell Magna Neighbourhood Plan 2017 to 2031 - First Review (draft July 2024) Dorset Council must now consult on the submitted neighbourhood plan for a minimum period of 6 weeks. This is a Regulation 16 consultation and will take place between 30 August and 11 October 2024 (inclusive). To respond to the...

Closed 11 October 2024

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