The crackdown on fly-tipping in Dorset has seen a surge in fines, as the council gets tough on waste criminals. Fixed penalty ...

Over the last five years, the number of rough sleepers on a specific night in the council area has varied between 12 and 16.

The number of people recorded as street homeless in the Dorset Council area has remained consistent for 2024, according to government statistics. Despite a national rise of 20 per cent ...

One local farmer told councillors the area needed the facility to be reopened and that its use would be better for animal ...

Dorset Council has agreed on the change of use to housing, given no objections to the loss of the church, and the need for smaller homes in the area. You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or ...

A SOLAR farm at Pulham could have its life extended by five years. The development, which has yet to be completed, at North Dairy Farm, was ...

Changes are on the way for two North Dorset pubs – with five homes approved in the grounds of one and an extension of the pub ...

A DECISION on 130 homes is expected at an area planning committee in the coming days. The development, off Station Road, Stalbridge has ...

Dorset Council's wait time calculator, external aims to inform people how long it could take to secure a social housing property in a particular area based on the latest data. The council offered ...

The leader of BCP Millie Earl said: "Our travel to work and wider economic area includes parts of the Dorset council area and parts of Hampshire, neither deal really works for us." The council ...

Dorset Council's wait time calculator aims to give people an idea of how long it could take to secure a property [Dorset Council] ...