Publications
A selection of recent papers and proposals
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Video: The Future of Town Centres: Moving Forward in Changing Times’, November 2021.
Response to Local Plan Review
February 2021
New Local Plan
February 2021
New Local Plan, by Hilary Jordan
Service Manager on Spatial Planning for Dorset County.
Position Statement: The impact on Poundbury Camp
May 2020
The impact on Poundbury Camp, including associated monuments and a section of Roman aqueduct, of proposed development north of Dorchester.
Position Statement re 37-38 High West Street, Dorchester
Nov 2019
Dorchester Civic Society Position Statement on development of 37-38 High West Street
Dorchester 2050
November 2019
What can we learn from other long-term visions – Prof. Tim Dixon, Reading University
National Park Boundary Submission
May 2019
Why Dorchester and its landscape setting should be included within the proposed National Park.
Joint Local Plan Review: Position Statement
October 2018
Approved at a meeting of the Society’s Committee on 2 October 2018 following an AGM on18 September 2018
Dorchester Town Centre Masterplan
December 2018
Response of the Dorchester Civic Society to the developing strategy
A Guide to High West & East Street
September 2018
Discover the highlights of Dorchester’s main street
Principles of Appraising Planning Applications
January 2018
How we assess a weekly list from WDDC
Dorchester at the Crossroads
April 2017
Dorchester Retail Enhancement Comments
August 2017
Derek Beauchamp Award Results 2017
December 2017
Derek Beauchamp Award Results 2017
Dorchester Town Centre Improvements
December 2017
A letter to town councillors concerning town centre retail enhancements.
Slyers Lane Wind Farm
January 2017
Position Statement
Dorchester Prison Site
October 2015
Position Statement on Future Development & Uses
Community Involvement
February 2014
Dorchester Civic Society comments
Home Town or Clone Town
November 2013
Alistair Parker
Principles of Placemaking
2014
Dr David Evans
Resilient Dorchester
March 2014
Lessons from an Interconnected World – Joe Doak