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which Dorset Council is due to carry out. As a result, the bridge will be fully closed
DORSET COUNCIL- WEST PURBECK REPORT from the 13th July 2020 to the 21st August 2020. A diversion will be in place and
further details are available on the Briantspuddle Community website under
Council Notices.
Letter to the Prime Minister
Councillors have been made aware that
The letter below was sent to the Prime flies continue to be a nuisance in the local
Minister by the Leader of Dorset Council area. It is thought that the increase in
on June 1st on behalf of all of us; as of numbers is entirely due to the very wet
15th June we have not had a reply. winter that we have just experienced.
Several deterrents to minimise flies were

suggested including the use of lavender,
Dear Prime Minister
ultraviolet fly traps, fly papers and swats.
As Leader of Dorset Council, I am writing
The next meeting of the Parish Council will
to you to express my serious concern take place at 7pm on Wednesday the 8th
about the disproportionate and negative impact the Guidance states to “travel
to outdoor open space irrespective of distance” is having on areas like Dorset July. Please check the Parish Council
which are popular with visitors. Dorset is within a single day’s travelling distance section of the Community Website nearer
the time for the agenda and information about how to join the meeting.
for visitors from London and the Midlands.
Residents wishing to raise issues may also contact the clerk in advance of the
Over the past weekend we have seen some extremely disappointing behaviour meeting if they prefer.
from visitors to Dorset’s beaches. The incidents at Durdle Door on Saturday 30 May Sue Jones, Chairman
placed a huge strain on our emergency services. There have also been issues in
other popular destinations across the county with excessive numbers of visitors not
being able to observe social distancing. We’ve seen littering, people urinating
and defecating in public, people camping overnight and people having
dangerous campfires and BBQs – despite extensive warnings against this from all Affpuddle & Turnerspuddle Parish Council – Contact Details
local agencies. Council employees have been abused by members of the public
as they tried to manage the traffic.
Parish Councillor/ Email Address Telephone
I am acutely aware of how worried and upset many Dorset residents feel about Clerk number
the current situation, particularly when so many of them have complied fully with Anna Bendall – Parish Affpuddleandturnerspuddleclerk@outlook.co
lockdown guidance, particularly, when the Dorset Council area had one of the Clerk m
lowest COVID19 infection rates in the country.
Sue Jones - Chairman Sue.jones@silversands.co.uk 01929 471375
My overriding priority throughout the COVID19 outbreak has been the safety and
wellbeing of Dorset residents, and all decision making has been based on this. We Charles Barter – Vice Charles.barter@thewatercresscompany.com 01929 463663
at Dorset Council have done everything we can within the limited powers we Chairman
have, to prepare for and respond to the situation. For several weeks now we’ve Lizzie Guinn lizzieguinn@hotmail.com 01305 848916
been sending out a strong message that potential visitors should ‘think twice’
about coming to Dorset. Graham Lightfoot glightfoot@glightfoot.plus.com 01929 471498
However, since you announced on Sunday 10 May that lockdown was to be Sarah Lowman sarah@keepings.plus.com 01929 472702
gradually eased and that people can “travel to outdoor open space irrespective
of distance” and “you can sit on a beach”, both we and Dorset Police have had Stuart Chorley Schorley30@gmail.com 01929 472869
very limited powers of enforcement. For example, since the recent guidance Trevor Poole Trevorpoole100@hotmail.com 01929 471496
came into effect, the Police have no longer been able to challenge road users as

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