Dorset Council Local Plan 2025
Published: 25 September 2025
Dorset Council Local Plan 2025
As part of their Local Plan published late last month, Dorset Council have earmarked Fontmell Magna for 105 new homes. There is now a consultation period, until October 13th, during which individuals can submit their views and any objections to the proposals. More information on this can be found on the Dorset Council Consultation web pages.
This was discussed at our recent Parish Council meeting (see the minutes here) where our County Councillor Jane Somper advised that any objections to proposed sites must be based on material grounds. These include:
Since the Local Plan was published, Councillors and local stakeholders have been meeting and working hard to put together considered responses to the questions that comprise the extensive online form to Dorset Council. These answers are not meant to create a standard cut-and-paste response, but to inform and add to your own comments if you agree with the points they have included. In fact we would encourage everyone to use their own wording to ensure the points do not get lost in any data processing algorithm! This document is being finalised and will be available soon.
The response forms are to be found on the Dorset Council website here and we would encourage everyone to take part in this consultation process. To help facilitate this, FMPC are running a drop-in session at the Village Hall on Friday October 3rd from 2:30pm to 4:30pm, where we can help parishioners to access and complete the response forms online and/or distribute and explain the responses that the working group have collated. We hope you can join us for a cuppa, cake, and some community action!
You may also be interested in the following online event hosted by Dorset Climate Action Network.