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Children's Centres Consultation
Over the years Dorset Council, unlike many other local authorities, has maintained a network of children’s centres, recognising the importance of local community based information and support for families. Throughout this time the types of services delivered from the centres have changed and developed. Where services have changed there have been localised community engagement activities to ensure families were kept up to date with developments. Despite...
Weymouth Neighbourhood Plan 2021 to 2038
Weymouth Town Council has prepared a neighbourhood plan. It has sent the draft plan to Dorset Council to arrange for its examination. 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 24 January 2025 and 7 March 2025 (inclusive). To respond to the consultation, see below. The Weymouth Neighbourhood Plan is available to read together with the supporting documents...
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...
Closed consultations and engagement
Consultation on Admission Numbers for Sturminster Marshall First School 2026 to 2027
By Virtue of Schedule 3 of the School Organisation (Prescribed Alterations to Maintained Schools) (England) Regulations 2013, Dorset Council is required to consult on changes to provision at Maintained Schools including the reduction in Admission Numbers (AN). The proposed AN will apply to admissions to the relevant age group (the normal year of entry) commencing from the beginning of the school year 2026/27 and for any subsequent school year. Notice is hereby given for the following...
Knightsford Neighbourhood Plan 2023 to 2033
The parishes of Tincleton, West Knighton, West Stafford and Woodsford have prepared a neighbourhood plan. It has sent the draft plan to Dorset Council to arrange for its examination. Dorset Council must now consult on the submitted neighbourhood plan for a minimum period of 6 weeks, extended to 8 weeks to reflect the busy christmas period. This is a Regulation 16 consultation and will take place between Monday 2 December 2024 and Monday 27 January 2025 (inclusive). To respond to the...
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...