BCP Council

MORE than 700 objections have been made against plans for a waste-burning energy plant on greenbelt land near Christchurch.

CHRISTCHURCH residents will pay an average of about £1,970 for band D council tax from April.

NETTING on thatched buildings in Christchurch is causing death and injury to birds, councillors have been told.

STAFF at Highcliffe Castle celebrated after winning gold at the Dorset Tourism Awards for Wedding Venue of the Year.

JUMPERS Common park in Christchurch will benefit from a government scheme which aims to make green spaces "wildlife rich".

TREES were brought down, beach huts destroyed and power to many homes lost as Storms Eunice and Franklin battered the New Forest and Christchurch.

RESIDENTS have been given more time to respond to a BCP Council consultation ahead of major new planning policies for thousands of homes.

BCP Council has come under fire for proposing to use beach huts, such as those at Mudeford, as collateral for loans to invest in the area.

A CHRISTCHURCH pressure group has called an urgent meeting to debate the impact new planning policies could have on the town.

A CHRISTCHURCH steel manufacturer has been given the green light for a massive expansion of its town centre site.

ALMOST a third of social work posts at BCP Council's children’s services are not filled by permanent staff.

DELAYS have hit an £85,000 lifeline to reopen a Christchurch play park which has been shut for more than two years.

FOURTEEN "out of character" flats in Chewton Farm Road, Walkford, have been given the go-ahead by BCP Council.

RESIDENTS can now check how busy Christchurch Household Recycling Centre is before visiting with a new phone app launched by BCP Council.

VANDALS have attacked artwork displayed on a recently refurbished Christchurch underpass less than two months after it was installed.

A DEVELOPER with permission to build 38 properties on its estate in Highcliffe has now submitted plans for up to three times as many on the site.

A DEVELOPER has applied to demolish a house and bungalow in Walkford to build nine homes.

A DISPLAY has been approved by BCP Council at Hengistbury Head to honour an aviation pioneer who was the first to die in the UK in a powered flight.

A PLAN for 11 homes in Christchurch was refused after historians said they would be built on top of potentially important archaeological treasures.

HOSPITALS in Dorset are appealing to patients' relatives to help free up beds as the healthcare service enters a particularly "difficult winter".