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Planning and Environment Committee
A meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee will be held on Monday, 7 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 (26/03/25) to be discussed at the Planning and Environment Committee meeting to be held on Monday, 7 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, 2 April 2025.
Any additional applications received between 26/03/25 and 02/04/25 will be included in the agenda for the Planning and Environment Committee which will be published on 02/04/25.
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 30th 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
Draft Corporate Plan 2025
We Need Your Views
The Council’s Corporate Plan is due for revision. This Plan is what identifies our priorities and where we should spend our money and our Councillor and staff time.
We would like to know if we are heading in the right direction and if you could spare some time to complete a short online survey it will help us check that we are on the right lines with our current work and also help us adapt what we do in the future.
A full copy of the draft Corporate Plan can be found here and the online survey can be found using this link https://forms.office.com/e/ZcJzHMAvsc
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