14th May 2021

Queen’s Speech Planning Reforms. The government has dismayed many around the country by announcing, in the Queen's Speech, its controversial plans to radically alter many decades of planning practice ..

29th March 2021

Residents in Charlton Marshall are celebrating this week the dismissal of an appeal by Hallam Land Management to build 70 homes outside the settlement boundary.

17th March 2021

Dorset CPRE's Response, including District Groups, to Dorset Local Plan Consultation including suggestions for key changes.

24th June 2021 updated

Dorset is a very special place. Its environment is our greatest economic asset and is why so many of us live and work in or visit the county. 

25th February 2021

The latest edition of CPRE's regular report on the Green Belt shows that pressures that put it at risk have quadrupled since 2013 – just as our new poll shows how much we value these local treasures.

16th February 2021

Dorset needs a Local Plan that meets the needs of local people, communities and businesses.

29th January 2021

Dorset CPRE regrets that the Dorset Council has not adequately consulted communities before it issued its draft Local Plan.

14th January 2021

Vision for Planning launched

11th December 2020

Prior to the birth of the new unitary authority in Rural Dorset, there was already concern a unitary structure would make the council more remote. 

30th November 2020

This is a view of verdant, unspoilt, rolling downland in the parish of Pimperne which will be desecrated and built over if Wyatt Homes are allowed to build 600 homes north of the Blandford bypass.