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Planning Department which is a process whereby advice can be provided by A WILDER DORSET
planning officers to help ensure they provide a better submission, submit all
relevant information, ensure all special inputs have been considered (eg trees/
landscaping), understand how the proposal will be judged, what elements should
change in order to make it more likely to be successfully determined. A message from the Dorset
Any comments/suggestions arising from these discussions, along with any the Wildlife Trust
local residents may suggest through the Parish Council will help inform and shape
the final planning application which it is anticipated will be submitted in Dorset Wildlife Trust is very pleased to announce that we have been able to
September/October of this year. acquire Court Farm at Bere Regis. This site, around 170 hectares in total, will
showcase sustainable change in land use, ecological restoration and help to
As part of the formal planning process Bere Regis residents will be consulted and address the climate and ecological crises in partnership with the local
invited to submit any comments, views and suggestions on the proposed community. Currently intensively farmed, the site is predominantly arable with
development some pasture, some deciduous woodland and small areas of scrubland.
Subject to planning approval being granted it is hoped that construction will Our objective is to give Dorset’s wildlife much-needed room to spread and
commence on site in the Spring/Summer of 2022. regenerate and give the community new space to reconnect with nature, while
reducing net nitrates in Poole Harbour.. The acquisition also includes Court Green,
Any initial comments or views on this proposal would be most welcome and the barns, and the allotments.
should be submitted in the first instance to the Parish Clerk, Amanda Crocker, by e
-mail to bereregispc@gmail.com. We have bought
this land, firstly
because Dorset
Wildlife Trust is one
of 46 wildlife trusts
To All Local Clubs and Societies throughout the UK
collectively
who
want to see 30% of
If you are a village club, society or organisation that is l a n d b e i n g
now getting back on track with regular meetings, could I managed in a way
please encourage you to let me have your future events which is beneficial
to nature by 2030.
for the ‘Dates for your Diary’ section which has now been This means some
re-introduced at the back of the magazine - thank you currently nature-poor areas need to be restored to allow nature space to
rebound and spread.
to the WI for the first batch.
Secondly to help tackle the climate crisis. Restoring nature increases the amount
Just email me to request a pro-forma template as this will of carbon held in healthy soils, new woodlands and wetlands and reduces
make it easier for me to copy and paste in and also make outputs of harmful greenhouse gases.
sure that I have all the information we need - date, Thirdly, we aim to help local communities better connect with nature on their
doorstep. More of us than ever are disconnected from the natural world but
event, location, start time etc connection to nature has huge benefits for mental and physical wellbeing. This
site will provide vital space and new opportunities to engage the public with the
Many thanks, Alison alison@culverdell.co.uk natural world. Dorset Wildlife Trust is excited to be involving the local community in
planning for the site’s future, to ensure their voices are heard and they receive
real community benefits.

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