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Dorset is a unitary authority area, existing since 1 April 2019, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It covers all of the ceremonial county except for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole .
Dorset Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Dorset in England. It is a unitary authority , being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council .
There are two tiers of local government covering St Leonards and St Ives, at parish and unitary authority level: St Leonards and St Ives Parish Council and the St Leonards and St Ives ward for Dorset Council. The parish council meets at the village hall on Braeside Road in St Leonards. [6]
The Stour and Allen Vale ward is rural and is named after the River Stour and the River Allen.The ward is located between Wimborne Minster and Ferndown to the south, Verwood to the north east and Blandford Forum to the north west.
Dorset Council may refer to: Dorset Council (Australia) , local government area in Tasmania, Australia Dorset Council (UK) , a unitary authority council in England, formed in 2019
Dorset County Council's responsibilities included schools, social care for the elderly and vulnerable, road maintenance, libraries and trading standards. The county council's area was also administered by six smaller authorities that have their own district or borough councils. The responsibilities of these councils included local planning ...
2019 Dorset Council election: Blackmore Vale (1 seat) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative: Pauline Hannah Batstone : 912 : 61.8 : UKIP: Bill Woodhouse 224 15.2 Liberal Democrats: Ian De Carteret Edlin 215 14.6 Labour: Kevin Thomas James Shillington 124 8.4 Majority 688 45.3 Turnout: 40.70 Conservative win (new seat)
In the early 20th century, Shire Hall in Dorchester was the local facility for dispensing justice and the meeting place of Dorset County Council. [1] After deciding the Shire Hall was inadequate for their needs, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site selected had previously been open land known as "Colliton Park" which had once been occupied by the monastic ...