Category: Rural Matters
The Rural Matters section is a special section sponsored and reserved for the local CPRE.
The CPRE or Campaign to Protect Rural England is a charity set up to help protect the rural countryside.
In this section you will find articles mainly by Rupert Hardy, Chairman, North Dorset CPRE. There are ocaisonally guest writers but always from the CPRE.
We like that the subject matter is wide and varied, from dark skies, to planning, hedgerow maintenance to Fingerposts.
Always something new and always interesting to read. The CPRE’s main aim is to help make the countryside a better place for us all to live.
Dorset community news
Dorset’s affordable housing crisis?
Dorset CPRE conference criticises government targets, calling for 1,300 homes a year and increased investment in social rent to meet local needsThe provision of...
Dorset Farming
The forgotten art of hedgerow life cycles
With new incentives for sustainable farming, hedgerows are crucial – Andrew Livingston talks to hedge expert John Calder‘Hedges are the single most important ecological...
Local History
Badbury Rings: King Arthur’s greatest victory?
North Dorset CPRE’s Rupert Hardy travels through the enigmatic past of the Iron Age fort and its mythical connection to King ArthurBadbury Rings, the...
Property law and finance
Is it consistent with policy?
Secretary of State calls in controversial plan for 490 homes outside Blandford – to the delight of North Dorset CPREFelicity Buchan, Minister for Housing...
Dorset community news
Motcombe Community Shop sails on
A long-time supporter (and judge) of Dorset’s village shops, North Dorset CPRE chairman Rupert Hardy visits Motcombe’s thriving community storeCOVID was kind to village...
Rural Matters
Local action to Stop the Drop
From roadside rubbish to recycling innovations, Rupert Hardy takes a look at the seemingly neverending battle against litter in the UKLittering in Britain is...
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NORDCAT Community Transport to close after 23 Years
NORDCAT (North Dorset Community Accessible Transport), the Sturminster Newton-based charity that has provided transport services to elderly and isolated residents for over two decades,...
47 Healthy Cows Slaughtered – James Cossins’ TB heartbreak
In the first BV Podcast of 2025, Terry and Jenny get straight on with tackling some of rural Dorset’s biggest issues. We start, as...
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