On the 6 December 2024, Dorset Council made the Dorset Council (Dinah's Hollow Improvement Scheme) Compulsory Purchase Order 2024 (CPO) under section 102, 239, 249 and 250 of the Highways Act 1980. The purpose of the CPO is to acquire the necessary land and rights required for the Dinah's Hollow Improvement Scheme to stabilise the slopes of Dinah's Hollow on the C13 in north Dorset.
The Council has submitted the CPO to the Secretary of State for Transport for confirmation, and if confirmed, the CPO will authorise the Dorset Council to purchase compulsorily the land and the new rights described in the CPO documentation listed below.
The following documents set out the background to making the CPO:
- Dinah's Hollow Compulsory Purchase Order Notice
- Dinah's Hollow Compulsory Purchase Order
- Dinah's Hollow sealed CPO map
- Dinah's Hollow CPO map
- Dinah's Hollow CPO Statement of Reasons
- Full sized copies of Figures referred to in Statement of Reasons
Objections were received to the CPO and a Public Local Inquiry will be held by an Inspector appointed for the purpose by the Secretary of State for Transport beginning at 10am on Tuesday 1 July 2025 at The Exchange, Old Market Hill, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1FH.
A list of the documents the Council intends to refer to or to put in evidence at the public inquiry can be found below, however, the Council reserves the right to add to this list.
Documents list
Dinah's Hollow Compulsory Purchase Order
Dinah's Hollow CPO Statement of Reasons
Extracts from the Acquisition of Land Act 1981
Extracts from the Highways Act 1980
Guidance on the Compulsory Purchase Process
Reports to and Cabinet resolution dated 13 May 2015:
- Cabinet report - C13 Road Closure Risk Comparison Analysis
- Cabinet minutes
- Audit and Scrutiny Briefing – Cabinet Decision on C13 Road
Report to and Cabinet resolution dated 6 October 2020
Report to and Cabinet resolution dated 6 April 2021
Report to and delegated decision to make the CPO dated 6 December 2024
Brody Forbes report dated December 2013
'Well-managed Highway Infrastructure' October 2016 Code of Practice
WSP Technical Note dated 20 August 2024
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment dated July 2015
Landscape and Ecology Report V2 dated August 2024
Interim Ecological Assessment Dinah’s Hollow V3 dated May 2024
Environmental Impact Assessment screening opinion dated 29 August 2024
Equality Impact Assessment dated 2 August 2024
Red Rock Report dated September 2024
Tree Decision Notice (Tree Works - TPO) dated 3 October 2024
WSP HGV Vibration Impact Assessment dated 11 October 2024
Arboricultural Impact Assessment and Arboricultural Method Statement dated 1 August 2024
Full-size copies of Figures referred to in the Statement of Case