More than 100 affordable homes are planned for the site around the new Hillbourne Primary School building in Poole.
As part of the council’s plans to develop the site, Poole Housing Partnership (PHP) is now carrying out public engagement to inform and gain feedback from local residents about the development...
Numbers of vulnerable people sleeping rough on the streets in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have reduced by 65 per cent in the last year according to latest government figures.
In BCP Council’s latest official street count in November 2020, 25 individuals were recorded as sleeping rough on the streets in...
BCP Council is joining a new collaborative network to support local government innovators across the UK. The Centre for Homelessness Impact has created the ‘What Works Community’ to support local areas to improve their response to homelessness issues using robust evidence and data.
The ‘What Works Community’ will provide a...
More than £1 million has been awarded to BCP Council to support people who are rough sleeping or at risk of being on the streets during the COVID-19 pandemic.
£140,000 has been awarded from the Government’s Cold Weather Fund to boost the ongoing work to provide emergency accommodation and support...
Dorset Council is pleased to announce that bin collections in Weymouth and Portland will begin to resume from tomorrow (Tuesday 17 November).
Following the major fire at our Crookhill depot in Chickerell, all bin collections were suspended as 16 collection vehicles were destroyed or heavily damaged in the blaze last Sunday...
Today (30 October 2020), one year on from the publication of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s phase 1 report, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has warned that action is needed if the government is to learn the lessons of the tragedy at Grenfell.
Matt Wrack, FBU general secretary, said:
“One year ago,...
A new cladding system for two blocks of flats, known as Sterte Court in Poole will be considered by councillors at Cabinet on 11 November 2020.
If approved by councillors, a £3.8M programme of work will start to remove the old cladding system from the outside of the two accommodation...
Are you a tenant in Shire Dorset facing eviction? Are you just a tenant and roundly pissed off with the vast expense and personal trauma it involves with basically fuck all protection of your tenure?
A new group called Acorn the Union - Dorset has formed in Dorset that aims...
Weymouth Town Council welcomes the request from Dorset Council and adds its voice to the plea that the Government require people to stay local to protect Dorset, help prevent a second wave and help protect resources which are struggling to cope at this time.
Not all attractions or facilities are...
Dorset Council is asking visitors and second-home owners to help stop the spread of Coronavirus by staying away from tourist hotspot locations in Dorset.
To help minimise the spread of the virus Dorset Council will shortly be closing its country parks and open spaces. This unprecedented move follows other organisations...
