To help communities in West Dorset preparing parish plans, the West Dorset Partnership has produced some guidance (pdf, 155kb) (opens in a new window)  on how to develop a parish plan to engage and influence key service providers.  Some joint guidance on reviewing parish plans (pdf, 341kb) (opens in a new window)  has also been produced.

Once a parish plan has been finished, the West Dorset Partnership will send the parish a formal response as part of the Parish Plan Protocol (pdf, 179kb) (opens in a new window) .  This response will outline how the member organisations can support and/or implement the actions set out in the plan and if actions cannot be supported explain why - for example it may be against local or national policies or it may not be possible using existing budgets.  This diagram (pdf, 169kb) (opens in a new window)  illustrates the process of the parish plan protocol.

The West Dorset Partnership will monitor the actions within the parish plans.  If actions are not supported but are common to other parish plans, and where the reason for not supporting the action is because of local policies or priorities, the partnership will lobby on behalf of the parishes for changes to these policies or priorities.

To view completed parish plans in the district see our webpage.

For more information contact the Community Planning Officer using the details below.

• Name: Community Planning Officer (West Dorset)
  Email: m.clarke@westdorset-dc.gov.uk
  Tel: 01305 252305
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