Making rooftop solar mandatory for new builds
13th March 2024
Dorset CPRE responds to open consultation on The Future Homes and Buildings Standards 2023
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: consultation on implementation of plan-making reforms
19th October 2023
Dorset CPRE responds to the DLUHC consultation on major reforms to the Local Plan process.
Rooftops can provide over half our solar energy targets, report shows
23rd May 2023
A major new CPRE report has found that over half the solar panels needed to hit national net zero targets could be fitted on rooftops and in car parks.
Letter to local BCP election candidates
24th April 2023
Dorset CPRE has written to candidates nominated for election as a councillor for Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole Council ahead of the 4th May council elections.
CPRE research on food security
20th July 2022
We call for land strategy and new planning rules to guard food security.
Call by CPRE to enhance Green Belt for all
27th May 2022
Just a relatively modest increase in investment in our Green Belts would see significant benefit for nearly half the population.
Press release on proposal to build 550 houses on land between Merley and Wimborne
7th May 2022
Apparent misunderstanding concerning a planning application for another 550 dwellings on green fields in Poole
Housing targets in Dorset are too high
2nd November 2018
Housing targets across Dorset’s local planning areas are between 30% and 40% more than the demographic analysis would suggest
Thomas Hardy's 'Casterbridge' under threat from huge development
28th September 2018
The historic county town of Dorchester in Dorset is under threat from a huge development that will see the population of the historic town increase by 35% - swallowing up hundreds of acres of beautiful countryside.
North Dorset CPRE Predict dire spate of speculative housing developments to continue well into 2019
13th August 2018
Ever since August last year when North Dorset District Council (NDDC) admitted that its housing land had fallen well below the government required five years supply, a spate of speculative schemes has been launched by housing developers.
