

The East Dorset Group is presently without a Chairman or Secretary. In the absence of these two officers, Rear Admiral Dick Heaslip is “holding the fort” and submits this report.
CPRE South East Dorset has been preoccupied by a once in a generation threat -
Over the last 6 months we have been concentrating on helping the public to reply
to the Council's ongoing consultation exercise. CPRE has also played a leadership
role in encouraging, and in one case helping to found, local groups and residents
associations. We will now shift our attention to the forthcoming Council elections
in May -
CPRE has also engaged the services of planning solicitors, who prepared an excellent submission to the Council defending the 4 green belt fields in the area that we deem to have the greatest character and landscape value.
In this way we hope to combine an evidence-
CPRE is short of members who have a little time now and then to give some thought and attention to avoid South East Dorset becoming to all intents and purposes greater Bournemouth. If you would like to help, get in touch with Richard Heaslip 01202 594982 rgheaslip@hotmail.com.
The Dorset CPRE Spring Review 2011 is now available to view online.