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2024
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27 - Mar
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06 - Feb
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Winter Fuel Payments
Adult Social Care consultation
Consultation on local democracy
BCP Community Governance Review (consultation on local democracy)
Household Support Fund extended
New councillor elected to represent Muscliff and Strouden Park ward
National Care Leavers Week: All of Us, We are One
Residents' views sought to shape council budget
By-election in our ward on the 24th October
Agencies address community concerns at online public meetings
Sad news of our ward councillor Brian Castle
Small grants available from the Council
Businesses unite to help protect women
New BCP Council Leader
Grants for those in need
Local Plan process continues
New MP for Bournemouth East
Voter ID application deadline, 26th June
Dealing with flood risk
Foster carers needed
Cost of living crisis support
The future of BCP area libraries
Newly elected Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner
Knife crime awareness campaign
Saving the Cob Barn
BCP Local Plan consultation
Family support services consultation
Household Support Fund returns
2023
22 - Nov
15 - Nov
06 - Nov
23 - Oct
16 - Oct
27 - Sep
19 - Sep
16 - Aug
16 - Jun
12 - Jun
8 - May
22 - Mar
15 - Mar
14 - Mar
14 - Mar
09 - Feb
01 - Feb
01 - Feb
24 - Jan
04 - Jan
BCP Budget Consultation 2024/2025
Preparing for cold weather
Urban forest consultation
BCP Local Plan update
Winter Help
International Day of Older Persons
Transport consultation
Public consultation on Council priorities
Local democracy
Household support fund
BCP Council Local Election Results 2023
The Bournemouth Civic Society need help
Register to vote
Coronation street closures
Homes for Ukraine, one year on
River Stour active travel improvements
Green Belt policy
BCP Awards Local Bus & School Contracts to Morebus
Photo ID requirement for upcoming elections
Transforming Travel: bus fares capped at £2
2022
09 - Dec
19 - Nov
04 - Nov
04 - Nov
03 - Nov
02 - Nov
01 - Nov
14 - Oct
12 - Oct
04 - Oct
04 - Aug
02 - Aug
22 - Jul
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20 - Jul
13 - Jul
12 - Jul
11 - Jul
23 - Jun
22 - Jun
03 - Jun
03 - Jun
17 - May
17 - May
17 - May
03 - May
31 - Mar
31 - Mar
22 - Feb
22 - Feb
11 - Feb
07 - Feb
12 - Jan
06 - Jan
Preparing for winter
Richborough Estates & Holdenhurst Village (Echo article)
Castle Lane West Cycle Lane Meeting 9th Nov
Tree strategy consultation
Greening urban areas consultation
Cost of living support hub
Play spaces consultation
Employment skills and volunteering opportunities
Help for Ukrainian families and their hosts
Garden green waste collections
Yellow Buses: end of an era
Help tackle fly-tipping
Cleaner air outside schools
Voter registration
Local Plan update
Throop and Holdenhurst Village Council meeting calendar
Parks consultations
BCP Council Q&A sessions
Secrets of the Stour theatre event
Household support fund
Getting out and about on the bike!
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee 2022
The Platinum Jubilee
BCP payment issues
Energy costs rebate
Next round of Community Infrastructure Levy funding now open
Community food schemes
Help Ukraine
Highlight your local heritage assets
Hick's Farm/Throop Nature Park updates
BCP Local Plan consultation period extended
Household Support Fund
Consultation on Issues & Options is now open
Whitelegg Way works – traffic management update
2021
10 - Dec
03 - Dec
03 - Dec
22 - Nov
16 - Nov
16 - Nov
16 - Nov
25 - Oct
25 - Oct
15 - Oct
04 - Oct
04 - Oct
04 - Oct
26 - Aug
06 - Aug
15 - Jul
19 - May
19 - May
19 - May
19 - May
12 - Apr
12 - Apr
01 - Mar
01 - Mar
15 - Feb
07 - Jan
07 - Jan
Stour Valley Park - A Well, Winter Story
Support for vulnerable households
Local bus provision survey
Home energy saving grants available
Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) now open for applications
Council-owned 'FUTUREPLACES' company
Cycling and walking consultation
Housing and the Local Plan
Local people encouraged to nominate heritage assets for listing
Stour Valley Park - Rewilding Rivers
Tackling fly-tipping
Resettlement of Afghan refugees
Awards celebrate local carers
Hick's Farm proposals approved
Hicks' Farm plans update
The BCP Local Plan and the TMSTH area
BCP housing provision consultation
Have your say on the future for green spaces across the BCP area
Results of the Police and Crime Commissioner election
Fly-tipping measures
TMSTH News April 2021
Welcoming the new parish of Throop and Holdenhurst
Hicks Farm development plans re-submitted
Transforming Travel consultation
BCP Council seeks funding for A338 flyover
Climate Action Plan consultation
New Covid restrictions
2020
12 - Dec
12 - Dec
26 - Nov
17 - Nov
19 - Oct
19 - Oct
5 - Oct
15 - Sept
10 - Sept
24 - July
24 - July
12 - June
26 - March
19 - March
Local housing schemes
A338-Wessex Fields Link plans
Local Business Grants Available
Active travel consultation
Hick's Farm proposals rejected by BCP Planning Board
Call for People to Object to Proposed Government Planning Reforms
Funding available for community groups
Local Plan Consultation
Townsend Together Team Action Plan 01-07-2020
Council publishes summary of Local Plan review call for development sites. Large parts of Throop and Holdenhurst included
Throop's New Leaf Allotment benefits
from JP Morgan's funds generator
Hick's Farm (Throop) Planning Application (amendments)
Gov.uk - Coronavirus
Council Latest Advice RE: Corona Virus
2019
17 - October
7 - October
04 - October
BCP Council launches Local Plan public consultation
Local community invited for Wessex Fields Future
A338 Wessex Fields Scheme Scale Back
2018
09 - June
Cob Barn Proposed Development
08 - February
UPDATED - A338 Wessex Fields Link Plans Submitted
04 - January
04 - January
Muscliff Throop By-Election 18th January 2018
A338 Wessex Fields Link Plans Submitted
2017
11 - March
Special Area Forum Meeting 16th March 2017
2016
01 - October
29 - September
14 - April
12 - January
Special Area Forum Meeting 13th October 2016
Neighbourhood Policing Teams
Townsend Community News April 2016
UPDATED - Safer Neighbourhood Teams
2015
29 - September
22 - September
01 - September
01 - September
18 - July
09 - July
30 - June
9 - February
6 - February
28 - January
19 - January
8 - January
Local Flood Risk Management Strategy - Consultation
The Lansdowne Delivery Plan
UPDATED - Action Fraud - Fraud Reporting Service in Dorset
Townsend Community News September 2015
Draft Mineral Sites Plan & Draft Waste Plan Consultation
Holdenhurst Village Fete 2015
Bournemouth Citizens Advice Bureau Volunteers Needed
Help with NHS Complaints, Dorset Advocacy Information
Special Constable Recruitment
Townsend Community Safety Day - The PCC
Castle Lane West Improvements - Travel Update
Severe Weather Recovery Works - Throop and Muscliff Ward
2014
8 - December
10 - November
10 - November
30 - October
1 - October
24 - September
8 - September
1 - September
13 - August
11 - August
7 - August
21 - July
15 - July
7 - July
1 - July
10 - June
10 - June
9 - June
3 - March
4 - February
27 - January
10 - January
6 - January
Bournemouth Library IT Improvements
Fraudster Scam, Pin and Bank Card Poster
Bus Shelter Request Muscliffe Lane
Muscliffe Lane Temporary Closure (Highway Improvements)
Bournemouth Council - Keep your tax disc!
Youth Service Cuts in Bournemouth
New Youth Website for Bournemouth's Teenagers
Planning application for the Castlepoint car park rebuild
Road Rescue to invest in Holdenhurst Village
Petanque - 106 From The Broadway Development
New Lighting at Cox Close/Moreton Road, Muscliff in Bournemouth
The way we all register to vote is changing
Holdenhurst Village Fair 2014
UPDATED - Safer Neighbourhood Teams
UPDATED - Muscliff Funday 2014
Muscliff Funday 2014
Tree Walk at Riverlands June 2014
Longbarrow Allotment Open Day July 2014
Bournemouth and District Horticultural Society
Townsend Health Concerns with the Hospital Incinerator
UPDATED - Safer Neighbourhood Teams
The Lynne Deller Breast Cancer Appeal
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
2013
31 - December
10 - December
2 - December
2 - December
29 - November
31 - October
21 - October
18 - October
3 - October
20 - September
17 - September
13 - September
9 - September
3 - July
3 - July
1 - July
24 - June
12 - June
6 - June
28 - May
24 - May
22 - May
9 - May
1 - May
26 - April
22 - April
22 - April
21 - March
08 - March
07 - March
06 - March
25 - February
21 - February
20 - February
15 - February
14 - February
14 - February
13 - February
12 - February
12 - February
11 - February
11 - February
08 - February
08 - February
08 - February
08 - February
07 - February
25 - January
17 - January
17 - January
14 - January
11 - January
08 - January
08 - January
07 - January
07 - January
07 - January
03 - January
02 - January
Parley Court Public Exhibition January 2014
UPDATED - Safer Neighbourhood Teams
Holdenhurst Village Scarecrow Nativity 2013
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Castlepoint Library Coffee Morning December 2013
Designated Public Places Order Proposal in Bournemouth
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Bournemouth Hospital Merger Announcement Response
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
The Big Dig Edible Gardens Open Day September 2013
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Consultation on Holdenhurst Village Conservation Area Appraisal
Muscliff Funday 2013
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Holdenhurst Village Fair and Wedding Festival 2013
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Temporary Bridge over Weir at Throop
Holdenhurst Footbridge Closure for Painting and Repairs May 2013
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Tea with Strouden Park Councillors May 2013
Muscliff Youth tackle Tobacco through Smoking Film Competition
thetownsend.co.uk Website
UPDATED - Townsend Community News
Anti Social Behaviour Workshop and Housing Meeting April 2013
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Castlepoint Update February 2013
UPDATED - Townsend Community News
Bournemouth welfare fund set up to protect most vulnerable residents
Understanding Hip Arthritis
Bournemouth Council Tax 2013/14 bills frozen again with no cuts
Deconstruction Team moves on site to bring down IMAX
New vision to boost housing and tackle homelessness in Bournemouth
Take a Stand - Free Cycle parking in Bournemouth
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
The Dorset Heathlands Development Plan Document
Draft Police and Crime Plan 2013-17
Minerals and Waste Development Framework - 2013 Consultation
UPDATED - Muscliff Give or Take Day
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
A Volunteer's Experience at the Elephant Nature Park, Thailand
Action Fraud - Fraud Reporting Service in Dorset
Suspected Bogus Charity Collectors in Bournemouth
UPDATED - Dr James Frederick Fisher
Community Sport Activation Fund
UPDATED - Leader of Council Re-Affirms Deletion of Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Guided Walks
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Winter Warmers - Cooking
UPDATED - Be Vigilant for our Green Belt
Dr James Frederick Fisher
UPDATED - Sponsor sought for new Primary School in Bournemouth
2012
13 - December
10 - December
06 - December
06 - December
30 - November
29 - November
29 - November
28 - November
26 - November
22 - November
22 - November
15 - November
14 - November
14 - November
06 - November
06 - November
06 - November
01 - November
31 - October
29 - October
26 - October
25 - October
25 - October
24 - October
24 - October
23 - October
23 - October
23 - October
15 - October
21 - September
20 - September
19 - September
17 - September
17 - September
16 - September
15 - September
12 - September
10 - September
07 - September
07 - September
05 - September
05 - September
04 - September
04 - September
04 - September
24 - August
20 - August
20 - August
07 - August
07 - August
02 - August
02 - August
30 - July
27 - July
20 - July
10 - July
06 - July
03 - July
03 - July
02 - July
22 - June
18 - June
14 - June
07 - June
31 - May
29 - May
26 - May
25 - May
16 - May
01 - May
24 - April
16 - April
10 - April
10 - April
03 - April
03 - April
26 - March
21 - March
21 - March
21 - March
15 - March
05 - March
01 - March
17 - February
13 - February
13 - February
09 - February
30 - January
30 - January
16 - January
04 - January
Holdenhurst Village Scarecrow Nativity December 2012
Berry Hill Sewage Works Planning Application for new access road
Townsend Community News
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
UPDATED - Be Vigilant for our Green Belt
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Be Vigilant for our Green Belt
Be Vigilant for our Green Belt
New Access Road to Berry Hill Sludge Treatment Centre
Government money for Local Council Tax Scheme
Leader of the Council Re-Affirms Deletion of Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
UPDATED - Mayor's Volunteer Awards 2012
UPDATED - Sponsor sought for new Primary School in Bournemouth
Strouden Park - Meet Your Councillors - December 2012
Police and Crime Commissioner Elections - November 2012
UPDATED - Safer Neighbourhood Teams
Troika Withdraws Park and Ride Planning Application
Bournemouth Checking for Ash Dieback Disease
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Townsend Halloween Party 2012
Strouden Park Shopping Parade - New Parking Restrictions
Traffic Calming Epiphany School
Mayor's Volunteer and Volunteer Group of the Year Awards 2012
Local Council Tax Scheme Consultation finishes November 2012
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites Dropped
Temporary Bridge over Weir at Throop
Policy - Protect Green Belt Land in Bournemouth agreed by Inspector
UPDATED - 3D Virtual Demolition of the Imax Waterfront Building
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Dorset Crime and Policing Survey
Dorset Councils Consulting on Changes to Council Tax Support
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
UPDATED - Monday Meanders, Guided Walks
UPDATED - Muscliff Funday 2012
Proposed Government Changes to Planning Law
Sponsor sought for new Primary Academy in Bournemouth
3D Virtual Demolition of the Imax Waterfront Building
UPDATED - Unauthorised Traveller Encampments
Sedcat BAT Bus - Accessible Transport
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Osborne House, Isle of Wight Trip with B'mth Tree Wardens
Navitus Bay Wind Park - Council Planning Board Minutes
Temporary Bridge over Weir at Throop
Government must not betray our trust on Green Belt
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Muscliff Funday 2012
Holdenhurst Village Summer Festival 2012
UPDATED - Calls for deletion of Green Belt Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Calls for deletion of Green Belt Traveller Sites
Changes to Dorset Council Tax Benefits from 2013 - FAQ
MP Visit to Discuss Gypsy and Traveller Encampments
UPDATED - Muscliff Funday 2012
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Loan Sharks - How to Get Help and Victim Stories
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Unauthorised Traveller Encampments
UPDATED - Muscliff Funday 2012
Petition - Calls for deletion of Green Belt Traveller Sites
Troika Plans for Park & Ride in Green Belt at Riverside Ave
UPDATED - Monday Meanders, Guided Walks
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Natural Science Society
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
New Housing Policy Criteria
Recycling News
National Careers Service
Bournemouth Natural Science Society
Community Governance Review Holdenhurst Village
Holdenhurst Village Litter Pick
Dialling the 01202 Bournemouth code from 1st Nov 2012
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Cattle Grazing on the Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve
Monday Meanders, Guided Walks, Coach trip to Kew Gardens
UPDATED - Bournemouth Older People's Forum
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Through the Telescope
Muscliff Give or Take Day
Additional Primary School Places Consultation
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
Muscliff Funday 2012
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Letter - Forum Member to Eric Pickles Gypsy Traveller Sites
Walk the Gulliver's Trail
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Competition to design Jon Egging Memorial is launched
2011
22 - December
19 - December
12 - December
12 - December
12 - December
01 - December
30 - November
28 - November
25 - November
21 - November
18 - November
17 - November
14 - November
08 - November
07 - November
02 - November
31 - October
31 - October
27 - October
26 - October
21 - October
20 - October
20 - October
20 - October
17 - October
17 - October
13 - October
13 - October
07 - October
03 - October
23 - September
23 - September
22 - September
20 - September
16 - September
15 - September
15 - September
08 - August
08 - August
27 - July
27 - July
27 - July
26 - July
20 - July
19 - July
11 - July
08 - July
06 - July
04 - July
01 - July
23 - June
23 - June
17 - June
16 - June
14 - June
13 - June
29 - May
27 - May
23 - May
18 - May
11 - April
24 - March
24 - March
24 - March
23 - March
14 - March
01 - March
18 - January
13 - January
12 - January
11 - January
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
Calling Local Groups - Loan Shark Presentation
Imax Building Update December 2011
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
Home Watch
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
The End of the Castle Lane Relief Road?
UPDATED - Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Cattle Grazing on the Stour Valley Reserve
Cattle Grazing on the Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Television Digital Switchover Volunteers Needed
McDonalds 24 hour Opening at Castlepoint, Bournemouth
Leading planning QC exposes flaws in Government reforms
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Draft Nation Planning Policy Framework Consultation
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Proposed Gypsy and Traveller Sites in Forum Area
Plans of Co-op Corner of Broadway Lane and Castle Lane
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Proposed Improved Cycle/Pedestrian Links to Muscliff School
Castle Lane West / Broadway Lane Roadworks
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Bike Rides from British Cycling, Sky, Bournemouth Council
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Consultation on the Revised Draft Minerals Core Strategy
UPDATED - Holdenhurst Village Festival Fayre 2011
Grazing Proposals for the Stour Valley Local Nature Reserve
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Holdenhurst Village Festival Fayre 2011
Bournemouth Older People's Forum
Nominations sought for Pride of Bournemouth Awards
Holdenhurst Village Summer Festival and Fayre 2011
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Muscliff Funday 2011
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Drop-In Housing Support Service
Muscliff Funday 2011
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Development at Riverside Avenue
UPDATED - Safer Neighbourhood Teams
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
The Shack May 2011
Muscliff Action Plan - 8th March 2011
UPDATED - Townsend Together Team March 2011
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Muscliff Playbuilder March 2011
South East Dorset Green Infrastructure Strategy Consultation
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
Financial Statement February 2011
Localism Bill Summary
Green Belt Safe - or Not?
Question from Forum Member to Cllr Charon re: Housing List
UPDATED - Bournemouth Ringmaster - Dorset Police
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