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The Dorchester Article 4 Direction is to prevent loss of further features which contribute to the character of the Dorchester Conservation Area.

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.

Have your say on our draft Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy

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

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP Council) and Dorset Council are jointly consulting on the ‘The Dorset Heathlands Planning Framework Supplementary Planning Document’ (SPD). The SPD covers the period 2020-2025 and supports the interpretation and implementation of statutory development policies set out in local plans. We are consulting for a 4 week period from Friday 3 January to Monday 3 February 2020. This is not a survey, click the link to find out how to have your say.

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

Each year Dorset Council is required to consult on its admissions arrangements for schools, nurseries and sixth forms that are under the control of the local authority as well as the proposed coordinated admissions scheme for the allocation of places across all schools in Dorset. This is for the allocation of school places for the start of the academic year in 2022. Email us your comments or objections to the proposed arrangements and schemes, or call us to get a paper copy.

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.