The Ironman event takes place this Sunday 14 September in Dorchester
and Weymouth. As some roads and car parks will close there will be
delays, please check
your route before travelling. Weymouth Recycling Centre will not
be open and access to Dorchester Recycling Centre will be disrupted.
An important part of the planning process is gathering evidence and factual information to help identify the issues and needs of the area.
Evidence can come from reports, strategies, specific pieces of research and from a wide range of sources including organisations that operate at a local level or organisations that operate on a wider level but have specialist knowledge or expertise.
Pieces of supporting evidence which help inform the Dorset Council Local Plan are set out in the table on this page. In addition to these, there are a number of existing reports that have formed part of our evidence base for previous reviews of the adopted former district and borough Local Plans. Where appropriate, these pieces of evidence have also helped inform the production of the Plan, and can be accessed using the links below.
Supporting evidence
The following section lists evidence that has been produced to help develop the Dorset Council Local Plan. Some of the evidence listed was produced separately to support the reviews of the adopted former district and borough Local Plans, but together covers the Dorset Council area as a whole.
Development Strategy and Viability
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to the strategy for development, and viability, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to specific settlements, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to housing, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to the environment, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to the economy, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to community needs and infrastructure, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
This table contains links to evidence gathered by Dorset Council on topics related to the sustainability appraisal, to inform the production of the Dorset Council Local Plan.
Please be aware that more background papers will be added to this page as they become available.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need versions of the above documents in a more accessible format, please contact the planning policy team using the details below. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.
Statement of Common Ground
A statement of common ground is a written record of the progress made by strategic policy-making authorities during plan making process on addressing strategic cross-boundary matters. It documents what co-operation is happening and where agreement has or has not been reached. It is a way of demonstrating at examination that plans are deliverable and based on effective joint working across local authority boundaries. In the case of local planning authorities, it also forms part of the evidence required to demonstrate that they have complied with the duty to cooperate.
The current Statements of Common Ground are as follows:
Where appropriate, evidence that informed previous reviews of the adopted former district and borough Local Plans has helped inform the Dorset Council Local Plan. This evidence can be found using the following links.