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.

19th May 2023

The Spring 2023 edition of our magazine 'The Dorset Review' with articles on Solar Strategy in Dorset, Rewilding, hedgerows and updates from our local groups.

12th September 2022

Installations of National Significance and Role of Roof-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations in 2050 Electricity Generation

16th November 2022

In advance of the Autumn Statement, CPRE is urging the Chancellor to turbo charge rooftop solar to help tackle the energy crisis.

28th October 2022

The autumn 2022 edition of our magazine 'The Dorset Review' with articles on the Can Local People afford to live in Dorset?, Dorset Village Shops: Where Now? and results of our member survey.

12th September

Installations of National Significance and Role of Roof-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations in 2050 Electricity Generation

19th May 2022

The Spring 2022 edition of our magazine 'The Dorset Review' with articles on the Stour Valley Park, Why is Dorset so slow putting solar panels on roofs? and updates from our local groups.

21st June 2021

BSR Energy have submitted a planning application to cover 190 acres of productive farmland with giant solar power station to be sited between Hazelbury Bryan, Mappowder and Pulham in the beautiful heart of Thomas Hardy’s Blackmore ‘Vale of the Little Dairies’.

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East Dorset District Council (EDDC) informed us last week that Good Energy has formally withdrawn its application to construct a 24 MW solar park on 106 acres of unspoilt countryside owned by South Dorset MP Richard Drax.

Dorset CPRE is fully supportive of renewable energy development in Dorset but not at any price.