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Planning and Environment Committee
A meeting of the Planning and Environment Committee will be held on Monday, 1 July 2024 at 7pm at The Municipal Buildings, Dorchester.
Planning Applications for Comment
If you wish to make a comment on any of the applications please email Tony Hurley, tonyhurley@dorchester-tc.gov.uk by 9am on Monday, 1 July 2024.
UK Parliamentary General Election
The West Dorset Constituency STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED for the UK Parliamentary General Election to be held on Thursday 4 July 2024, can be viewed here.
Job Opportunity
Skilled Gardener, Borough Gardens, Dorchester
Salary as at 1 April 2024 SCP 7 £24, 294 per year Pay award pending.
37 Hr Week- Permanent Position
Dorchester Town Council is looking for a trained and experienced Skilled Gardener. You should be a self-motivated person who will deliver a quality grounds maintenance service for visitors to the gardens to enjoy. The beautiful, historic gardens are centrally located in Dorchester and are heavily used offering a relaxing escape from the busy town. The gardens also host many vibrant events throughout the year and the program continues to expand. This is a working post, duties include the supervision and direction of allocated on–site staff and carrying out the full range of maintenance tasks such as: Grass cutting, shrub bed maintenance, nursery operations, weeding, ground-based tree maintenance, litter collection, hard and soft landscaping.
You will contribute to the design, cultivation and planting of seasonal bedding displays. In the absence of the Head Gardener, you will be responsible for the operation of the gardens. You should be an enthusiastic and committed worker who will help increase colleagues skills further. If you want to work in a valued, high-profile location, with the opportunity to further improve and develop the Gardens, yourself and the team, then this is the vacancy for you.
You can download: job description, person specification and application form.
To request an application form contact Dorchester Town Council on 01305 266861, or email admin@dorchester-tc.gov.uk
or write to:
Dorchester Town Council, 19 North Square, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 1JF
The closing date for completed applications is noon on 5th July 2024
The Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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 2019, - results for each ward.
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.
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 Robin's Mayor Making Ceremony here