Dorset Council urges private landlords to prepare for the Renters Rights Act 2025, with key reforms including ending Section 21 evictions.

A DOME-SHAPED building has been agreed for an existing kindergarten at the Avon Forest Park at St Leonards and St Ives.

Dorset Council to resurface 10 priority car parks from 23 February, improving safety, accessibility and bay sizes. £350,000 investment ...

Travellers’ site opposed by actor Martin Clunes recommended for council approval - The Doc Martin star and others in Beaminster, Dorset, have objected to the plans.

A plan for a retirement complex with 48 apartments and 25 cottages has been given the go-ahead by a planning inspector after it was rejected by a council. Churchill Living's project in South Street, ...

Dorset Council has secured £12m in multi-year bus funding from the Government A council has said it requires more funding for full bus service improvements despite securing £12m from the government.

More 20mph speed limits are being introduced across Dorset, with 10 towns and villages getting restrictions before Easter. It is the third phase of Dorset Council's 20mph policy, introduced in 2022, ...

A Dorset homeowner is furious after local planners backed an illegal concrete wall obstructing her sea view. Liz Bates ...

COUNCIL tax for Dorset residents will rise by just under 5  from April  - with even the smallest properties facing bills of around £2,000 a year.

Road improvements in Dorset could receive a £115m funding boost, the county council has said. Dorset Council's Highways Capital Programme Strategy has been released with plans for spending on roads ...

Spring 2019 has been notable for news of hard-up councils facing fundamental restructures, leading to the dissolution of familiar local government entities. Last week the long-awaited division into ...