Planning and Environment Committee

A meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee will be held on Monday, 2 June 2025 at 7pm in the Council Chamber of the  Municipal Buildings, High East Street, Dorchester, DT1 1HF.  

Planning Applications for Comment 

The Planning Applications that have been received to date (19/05/25) to be discussed at the Planning and Environment Committee meeting to be held on Monday, 2 June 2025 can be viewed under the Committees tab. If you wish to make a comment on any of the applications please email the Clerk to the Committee, Georgina Wakely G.Wakely@dorchester-tc.gov.uk by 9am on Wednesday, 28 May 2025.

 

Any additional applications received between 19/05/25 and 28/05/25 will be included in the agenda for the Planning and Environment Committee which will be published on 28/05/25.

Dorchester Town Council

We are the parish authority for the county town of Dorset.  There has been a history of local government in the town since Anglo Saxon times and Dorchester has been the county town since 1305.  It has elected a mayor since 1629.  The Town Council was created in 1974.

The town has a population of around 20,000, which continues to grow quickly with the expansion of Dorchester at Poundbury and Brewery Square.  The Town Council provides a range of community and recreational facilities, and promotes the town's interests with the other statutory bodies that operate in the town, notably the Dorset Council.

The Town Council has 20 members in five wards, elected for a period of 5 years.  Elections to the Town Council took place on 2 May 2024 and the results can be found here.

Mayor of Dorchester

Councillor Andy Canning will serve as Mayor for the Council year until 18th May 2026. Andy will be supported by the Mayoress, Mel Lane, and Councillor Robin Potter as Deputy Mayor.  

Each year the Mayor of Dorchester chooses charities to promote and raise funds for. This year Andy has chosen Parkinson’s Dance Group, Space Youth Project and the Dorchester Disabled Club.  

If you would like to invite the Mayor to an event that you are organising please download a Mayoral Engagement form or contact Georgina Wakely, the Mayor's Secretary.  

- Mayor's engagements for the forthcoming week                      

Watch Andy's Mayor Making Ceremony here

 

       

 

OTHER PUBLIC BODIES

Dorset Council, based at County Hall (01305 221000 or 251010 or visit www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk) has responsibility for Adult Social Care, bins and recycling, Blue badges, Childrens' Services, libraries, roads and Schools, benefits, elections, environmental health, housing, parking, planning and public health.

Dorset's Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is an elected official responsible for the governance and oversight of Dorset Police as well as working more widely with local partners, organisations and communities to improve community safety and criminal justice outcomes across the whole of Dorset. The PCC also acts as the 'public voice in policing' - representing the views of the public in determining the strategic priorities for policing locally during his term of office. For more information visit http://www.dorset.pcc.police.uk/