Planning officials at Dorset Council have turned down an application to build up to 43 park homes for people aged 55 and over at a green field site just north of Gillingham. Serenity …

Councillors on North Dorset District Council have voted unanimously to designate a part of Gillingham made famous by Constable as an an official conservation area. Colesbrook’s Parham’s Mill, now usually known as Purns …