Planning and Environment Committee

A meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee will be held on Monday, 28 April 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 (16/04/25) to be discussed at the Planning and Environment Committee meeting to be held on Monday, 28 April 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, 23 April 2025.

 

Any additional applications received between 16/04/25 and 23/04/25 will be included in the agenda for the Planning and Environment Committee which will be published on 23/04/25.

Official Notice

Fordington Cemetery Repair Works

For the attention of relatives

 

Dorchester Town Council will be undertaking works to rebuild the section of wall on the Holloway Road boundary. As part of these works it will be necessary to excavate in the area of the graves listed below, this may result in the need to exhume and re-bury, elsewhere in the cemetery, any remains discovered.

The Town Council would like to seek the views of any direct close family members by Wednesday 30^th April 2025.

 Please contact the Dorchester Town council using the contact details at the end of this notice.

 

  Grave No.         Name                                           Burial Date                     Age

  OG602               Alfred Allen                                  16.8.1882                        55

  OG587               Edward Riggs                               8.10.1879                        30

  OG617               Deborah Vatcher                          13.9.1883                         81

  OG603              Joseph Winzar                              6.6.1883                          58

  OG588               James Coombs                             1.1.1883                          50

   OG604               Margaret Barnett                          9.4.1885                          64

   OG589               Annie Sparks                               1.8.1884                           20

    OG605               William Moore                               27.5.1885                        62

    OG590              James Winzar                                20.5.1885                        80

    OG606               Isaac Hodges                                22.3.1889                        56

    OG591               Christopher Cornish                        1.3.1892                        76

    OG607               Charles Hewlett                              27.3.1889                      69

    OG592               Jane Cross                                     16.3.1892                       72

 

         Dorchester Town Council -  telephone 01305 266861 or email admin@dorchester-tc.gov.uk

VE Day 80th Anniversary Events

VE Day Proclamation - 8th May at 9.00am

Dorchester's Town Crier, Mr Anthony Harrison, will cry out the VE Day Proclamation at 9.00am at the Town Pump at Cornhill at the exact same time as Town Criers across England celebrate the 80th anniversary.  The Town Crier will be joined by the Mayor of Dorchester, Cllr Robin Potter, as the VE Day 80th commemorative flag is raised over the Town Hall.  

Beacon Lighting Event - Thursday 8th May 8.30pm

Dorchester Town Council is inviting the community to come together to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day at Salisbury Field.  The event will include music from the Decadettes and performances of memories of the day followed by the National Proclamation by our Town Crier and the Last Post.  The beacon will then be lit at 9.30pm.  Everyone is welcome!

VE Day 80th Celebration Concert - Sunday 11th May 1.00pm-4.00pm

 To round off the celebration of VE Day 80, the Town Council is hosting a free concert in Borough Garden on Sunday 11th May with a programme of 1940s and patriotic music from the Decadettes and the Durnovaria Silver Band.  Bring a picnic or use our wonderful Gardens' catering kiosk.

Cost of Living Help and Warm Spaces

Information regarding what cost of living help is available can be found here.

Further cost of living advice, with useful links to help access food, financial and housing advice can be found on the Dorset Council website here.

A Dorchester guide to homelessness and community support can be found here.

A list of warm spaces, where you can be assured of a warm and friendly welcome, can be found here.

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 Robin Potter will serve as Mayor for the Council year to 19 May 2025. Robin will be supported by the Mayoress, Val Potter, and Councillor Janet Hewitt as Deputy Mayor.  

Each year the Mayor of Dorchester chooses a charitiy / charities to promote and raise funds for. This year Robin has chosen Dorchester Family Support, which helps support families on low incomes - particularly with free school meal support in holidays and hampers around Christmas time. More information about the cause can be found at www.dorchesterfamilysupport.co.uk 

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.  The Mayor's chosen charity for the year is Dorchester Family Support.

- Mayor's engagements for the forthcoming week                      

Watch Robin'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/