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Char Valley Parish Council Information


Welcome to the Char Valley Parish Council webpages. Char Valley is a group council and comprises the parishes of Whitchurch Canonicorum, Wootton Fitzpaine and Stanton St Gabriel. The area is all within the West Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and is completely rural in character.
The parishes consist of :
  • scattered farms,
  • the villages of Whitchurch Canonicorum (pop. 640) , Wootton Fitzpaine (pop. 360) and Morcombelake (pop. 110),
  • the settlements of Fishpond, Ryall and Monkton Wyld
  • further small settlements at Stonebarrow Lane and at Fern Hill on the outskirts of Charmouth.
The A35 trunk road bisects the parishes from east to west. Stanton St Gabriel parish, between the A35 and the sea, is nearly all owned and managed by the National Trust, as are the hilltop forts which look down on the landscape of small fields, deep streams and woods of the Marshwood Vale and the Wootton valleys. The southern part of the council's area includes a section of the Jurassic Coast, England's first natural World Heritage Site.
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The Parish Council meets on a monthly basis (but not August or December). We currently have a vacancy for one councillor, so please get in touch if you think you might like to come and join us.
CVPC's response to Dorset Council's Community Governance Review (October 2021)

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  • Parish Council Meetings in 2022
  • Parish Councillors
  • Election information
  • Planning Applications
Char Valley Parish Council campaigns actively for the parish and its human and other residents. In recent months we have responded to / campaigned on the following issues:
  • Dorset Council's Climate and Ecological Strategy and Action Plan 
  • ​​The Government's Future of Transport: rural strategy​ Call for Evidence
  • Dorset Council Draft Cultural Strategy 2021-2026​​
See also
  • Transport news and updates 
  • Bridport Local Area Partnership Bulletins (BLAP)
  • Current and previous issues of Char Chat
  • Local History
  • The River Char Community Project
  • The Lifelines project for chemical-free corridors in the Char Valley
  • Minutes of past Parish Council Meetings
  • Our response to the Dorset Council Climate and Ecological Emergency Strategy and Action Plan
Parish Council Documents Archive
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  • How do I?
  • Parish Council
    • PC Meetings >
      • Dorset Council Cultural Strategy 2021-2026 >
        • UK Government's Future of Transport: rural strategy
    • Parish Councillors >
      • Parish Council Committees
    • Parish Council Elections 2019
    • CVPC Policies
    • Parish Meetings Archive
    • Finance
    • Council Election Information
    • Residents' Survey & Parish Plan
  • Environment
    • Climate Action Plan
    • Lifelines
    • Dorset National Park: Chris LOder
    • Hedgehogs
    • Environment: Local action and resources
    • River Char >
      • What You Can Do - River Char
      • River Char Q&A
    • Climate & Environment Reports
    • Our Planet in Crisis
    • CVPC Documents and Resources
    • Environment: DC's plans
    • Septic tanks
  • News
    • Wessex Water consultation
  • Planning
    • The Parish Council's role in planning applications
  • Char Chat
  • History
    • Cider-Making
    • Charles Knight - memories
  • Contact
  • Maps
  • Transport
  • What to See
    • Gallery
  • Archive
  • Updates
  • River Char