Local Democracy Reporter

THE owner of a Netherbury cottage is asking planning permission to improve the building by the addition of a gym/games room and home-office.

DORSET councillors are to question what ‘managed decline’ means for the county’s roads network.

AN application to change the outside area at the Fox & Hounds pubs at Canford Bottom has been withdrawn.

A Weymouth launderette, which closed last year, could become a lounge for an existing flat on the site in Park Street.

DORSET’S libraries will continue to change and develop – but will still mainly be based around books.

WAREHAM Golf Club is asking to build an extension for a golf simulator room and extra office space.

THIS scrappy parcel of land, owned by the Duchy of Cornwall – near the Monkey's Jump roundabout in Dorchester should be bursting with wildflowers next year.

A COUNCIL school transport document has been described as “mind-bogglingly difficult” to read.

THOUSANDS of Dorset second homeowners are likely to pocket the Government’s £400 cost of living grant – while picking up the same amount again on their main residence.

A WEYMOUTH medical business has been given permission for an expansion  - which could create a further 125 jobs.