27th May 2022

Just a relatively modest increase in investment in our Green Belts would see significant benefit for nearly half the population.

7th May 2022

Apparent misunderstanding concerning a planning application for another 550 dwellings on green fields in Poole

2nd November 2018

Housing targets across Dorset’s local planning areas are between 30% and 40% more than the demographic analysis would suggest

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.

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.

6th August 2018

The Green Belt remains under severe pressure, despite government commitments to its protection, according to a new report from the CPRE.

 22nd May 2018

NPPF and a post-Brexit agricultural policy update

 9th April 2018

Housing & NPPF and Agriculture consultations

3rd March 2018

Housing developers are using a legal loophole to dodge building affordable homes across the countryside, according to data analysed together for the first time by Shelter and CPRE

12th February 2018

Councils find sites for more than five times the number of homes predicted by Government