More goods and services from Dorset could be used by the county council in the future, including in the County Hall canteen. Local authority leader Nick Ireland said that changes in Government rules ...

The £180m Portland Energy Recovery Facility is set to move forward after the Court of Appeal upheld planning permission for ...

Lyme Regis saw approval for external works at 20–21 Coombe Street, where cement render will be replaced with a lime-based system (P/HOU/2025/05168). Signage upgrades at 25 Broad Street have been ...

AMONG the developments planned in villages around Dorchester are new homes and large extensions. In Poxwell, a proposal has been lodged with Dorset Council to build a two-bay detached garage with ...

Dorset Council has extended public consultation deadlines for two major policy documents following a surge in responses — and complaints about sluggish online surveys. The Local Transport Plan ...

Discount retailer Aldi has won planning consent for a £7m supermarket in Dorset despite 350 public objections. The decision goes against Dorset Council planning officers' recommendation to refuse ...

PLANS are being prepared for a Special Educational Needs (SEN) farm at Mountjoy School, Beaminster. The school is exploring the potential use of land at Lane End Farm, Tunnel Road, the proposal to ...

Dorset council’s cabinet member for planning, Shane Bartlett has said he is disappointed at “being denied the opportunity” to speak at a BCP meeting regarding a proposed waste incinerator in Wimborne.

PLANS for a Chickerell solar farm on Dorset Council-owned land has led to a political spat – with a Weymouth Tory claiming the area is becoming ...

Aldi said it had looked at eight other sites in the area before agreeing on the Canford Bottom site Discount retailer Aldi has won planning consent for a £7m supermarket in Dorset despite 350 public ...