Category: Property law and finance

A Step-by-Step Approach To Settling A Loved One’s Estate After They Have Passed

Losing a loved one is an incredibly difficult time, filled with grief and numerous responsibilities that can feel overwhelming. Settling an estate is a...

Homegrown havens: the growing DIY answer to housing hurdles

No one knows a place like the people who live there’ – Rachael Rowe asks if community land trusts are the housing solution for...

Blandford St Mary under threat from speculative development

A revised housing plan faces backlash as locals challenge Hallam Land Management’s 135-home proposal, says North Dorset CPRE Hallam Land Management – a land promoter*...

West Sherborne: housing help or housing headache?

Sherborne’s housing dilemma: Ted Howells examines the proposed West Sherborne development and its implications for the town’s future In recent months, there’s been a lot...

Right tree, right place, right reason … wrong tree, wrong place, wrong reason?

A forestry plan on farmland near Stourhead is proving contentious with the local community – Fanny Charles heard from both sides It sounds like a...

Wyatt Homes’ Blandford-Pimperne development approved

‘Sad day for democracy’ as planners ignore neighbourhood plans and approve development on AONB, outside Blandford bypass It was ‘a sad day for local democracy,’...

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Bucked in the Yarn

Three small Somerset villages had a huge impact on global exploration and trade – Rachael Rowe talks to Professor Terry Stevens “Nothing much ever happened...
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The English Hippocrates

Thomas Sydenham, one of the most prominent physicians in 17th century England, was born 400 years ago, just ten miles from Dorchester Known as the...

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