The Council held an Extraordinary Planning Meeting on Tuesday 17th December in the Village Hall. Decisions were made as below. Planning Applications. a) 6/2019/0656 Ms Sarah Foot, Crack Lane, Langton Matravers, BH19 3EF.Outline application on a rural exception site for…
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Minutes of an Extraordinary Planning Meeting held in St George’s Church on Thursday 5th December 2019 at 7 pm. Present: Cllr W Knight in the Chair, Cllrs P Christie, P White, P Loudoun, N Harding, A Bell, I Vaughan-Arbuckle, D…
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As Dorset Council has changed its timing policy for receiving Planning comments from Parish Councils from a 28 to a 21-day time limit, LMPC held an extra meeting so that members of the public had the opportunity to be involved…
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This from Tom Clarke, our local National Trust engagement officer: As you are probably aware nature is in crisis. The State of Nature Report released this October has 40 % of U.K. species in decline, and 15 % at risk…
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On 19th August LMPC Cllrs met a team from OMH(Purbeck Ltd) to hear about their plans for part of the Old Malthouse site; these are likely to come up through the Planning process for consultation in the Autumn, though plans…
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On 25th July members of Langton Matravers Parish Council were invited to an informal closed meeting with representatives of the Aster group in order to receive an update on the group’s plans for the site. Below are notes drafted by…
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At the Parish Council Meeting on 12.9.2019 the Parish Council adopted an ‘open ended’ Environmental Strategy to deliver its Environmental Policy. A working group is being set up with volunteers from both the Council and the community to explore how…
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In the Spring the Council circulated a traffic and parking questionnaire. The working group has met to consider the responses, and to make proposals. Owing to Council elections and weight of business, these have not yet been debated at a…
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Coasteering company Land and Wave teamed up with our litter picking group Love Langton, and the National Trust’s ranger team to litter pick Dancing Ledge and Hedbury coastal quarries at the end of April, with insurance covered by Langton Parish…
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Final stage in the preparation of the Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and Dorset Mineral Sites Plan The Mineral Sites Plan, once adopted, will include site allocations and policies to maintain mineral production in the future. This includes sites for quarrying sand…
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