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In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Dorset Council is looking at how people travel to and from school and college.

Queen Elizabeth Leisure Centre in Wimborne, Dorset is owned by the Queen Elizabeth School Foundation Trustees. Through a dual-use agreement, we manage the site. This agreement lets both the school and community have access to the facilities at set times. Queen Elizabeth School receives funding from the Education and Skills Funding Agency for their use of the facilities and we fund the community usage. We have the right to give 2 years notice to withdraw from the management agreement.

Dorset Council is developing an ambitious Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) for improving our local bus services and encouraging more people to use them

Having asked broadband networks operators for their current and planned broadband infrastructure coverage at the OMR stage, BDUK and Dorset are offering a further opportunity to comment and validate the information collected during the Public Review across Dorset.

Dorset Council is reviewing the way it provides Tourist Information Services in the area

Dorset Council is currently developing an equality, diversity and inclusion strategy and action plan and would like your views on the draft documents.

The garden waste service is available to all Dorset residents as a fortnightly kerbside collection. It is an optional paid for service with nearly 50,000 subscribers. We want to ensure that customer satisfaction levels remain high, so we ask current and potential customers for their feedback every two years to help shape and improve the service.

Dorset Council are inviting Weymouth and Portland residents to have their say in the relocation of a local Registration Service Ceremony room.

Traffic Regulation Orders (TROs) - a legal mechanism for introducing new traffic and parking restrictions. New restrictions are proposed on a rolling basis

The former Weymouth and Portland Borough Council is considering the introduction of a Selective Licensing Scheme under the Housing Act 2004 in parts of the Melcombe Regis ward in Weymouth. If introduced landlords of all privately rented property within the area will need to be licensed.

Dorset Council is looking for feedback on its plans to construct a modern waste management centre for Blandford, which will also include a new household recycling centre (HRC, or “the tip”) for residents.

The survey asks for views on the future of the Shoppers Parking Permit. previously provided by the former West Dorset District Council in their area.

The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Travel Survey is designed to monitor long-term trends in personal travel and to inform the development of policy and to try and improve travel in the area. This survey will help understand how people who live and work in the area travel around and their reasons for travelling in that way.

Have your say on the proposed changes to the working age Local Council Tax Reduction Scheme from April 2019 for the new Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council.

The Purbeck Local Plan was submitted for examination in January 2019.The council is now consulting on proposed Main Modifications.

Do you, or anyone you know ever look for information online about help and support for adults? We are working on a new Adult Social Care website and need your help to test it.

The Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty stretches across almost half of the county – giving many of us a nationally important landscape right on our doorstep. During August and September, local people are being asked to pitch in their views about what they think is special and what needs to be done to keep it so. The question comes from the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership, which is reviewing the 5-year Management Plan for the area.

Local planning authorities are also required to have a Statement of Community Involvement. The Statement of Community Involvement outlines how the council will involve the community on all planning matters. This includes producing a Dorset Local Plan, plans for minerals and waste, working with Neighbourhood Plan groups, and processing planning applications.

We have been considering a proposal for a new Park. This will continue the improvements primarily made to the recreation area at Stanpit as part of a Master Plan adopted in 2013/14, expanding this into what is currently the 9 hole pitch and putt course to the south of Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre. The new Park does not include Stanpit Marsh.

Dorset Council is looking for your thoughts on the future of the Lyme Regis Tourist Information Centre (TIC). This service is currently run by Dorset Council and based in a building owned by Lyme Regis Town Council.

Dorset Council Cabinet has approved its draft Council Plan outlining the organisation’s aspirations and priorities for the next four years. This draft plan is now being consulted on.

We keep a mailing list of people interested in consultations and planning policy development.

To help plan and focus areas of work, the council is asking residents to make suggestions using an online map to highlight areas of concern for walking and cycling and see what issues have already been raised.

Over recent years there has been a decline in traditional library use, but demand for newer library services such as e-books is growing. We want to make sure our services keep up-to-date with what people want and need. ‘Let’s talk libraries’ is about helping us understand the needs in Dorset, not about funding.

West Dorset District Council were looking to understand the public’s views on the West Bay Rd car boot sale. The car boot currently is situated on a public car park owned and managed by WDDC. The survey looked at how much people valued the boot sale and the suitability of the current location.

Help us create Dorset Council's new Economic Growth Strategy

Dorset Council are producing plans for a community development including new care and housing facilities on two sites off South Street in Bridport.

Dorset Council is carrying out a public consultation on rules about dogs in public spaces This will help with the development of the new Dorset-wide Dog-related Public Spaces Protection Order and has been extended 3 weeks due to the Coronavirus pandemic

Future plans for Weymouth, West Bay and Lyme Regis Harbours are being considered and how best to balance the interests of its wide variety of users and the importance of the harbours to the Dorset Coast.

The Dorset Council Local Plan Options Consultation is now live, and runs until 15 March 2021.