Local Group Web Manager – Linda Williams
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.
CPRE’s annual State of the Green Belt report
6th August 2018
The Green Belt remains under severe pressure, despite government commitments to its protection, according to a new report from the CPRE.
Good News - Mapperton Solar Farm Application Withdrawn
18th June 2018
East Dorset District Council (EDDC) informed us last week that Good Energy has formally withdrawn its application to construct a 24 MW solar park on 106 acres of unspoilt countryside owned by South Dorset MP Richard Drax.
Visit to Oborne Farm, Sherborne
1st June 2018
Sherborne Group seek to improve their understanding of the factors that affect commercial farming in the area
Consultations on NPPF and a post-Brexit agricultural policy
22nd May 2018
NPPF and a post-Brexit agricultural policy update
Consultations
9th April 2018
Housing & NPPF and Agriculture consultations
Discover your countryside
29 March 2018
With the glorious spring sunshine on its way it's a great time to go out and explore our beautiful countryside.
CPRE delighted by deposit return announcement
28 March 2018
Countryside campaigners celebrate as the Government announces the introduction of a deposit return system
Rural communities denied affordable housing as developers exploit loophole
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
Brownfield registers identify land for more than 1 million homes
12th February 2018
Councils find sites for more than five times the number of homes predicted by Government
