Why Dorset CPRE supports a Dorset National Park
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.
State of the Green Belt 2021
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.
Dorset CPRE calls for a truly Local Plan
16th February 2021
Dorset needs a Local Plan that meets the needs of local people, communities and businesses.
Dorset CPRE Slams Council Local Plan
29th January 2021
Dorset CPRE regrets that the Dorset Council has not adequately consulted communities before it issued its draft Local Plan.
A joint vision for planning, 2021
Serious concerns about Dorset Council and its Local Plan
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.
Save Pimperne from massive housing development
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.
Government ‘out of touch’ with own MPs on new planning system and must rethink
22nd November 2020
MP Polling: 55% Conservative backbenchers considering opposing the government’s upheaval of the planning system
Dorset is under threat from excessive house building & Planning White Paper
Updated 29th October 2020
An independent report for Dorset CPRE shows that the Dorset Council and BCP Council could be forced to plan for excessive numbers of new housing.