Your neighbourhood
Finding your neighbourhood… then we’ll gather the planning register, the map, air quality, flooding and police data.
Your neighbourhood
Finding your neighbourhood… then we’ll gather the planning register, the map, air quality, flooding and police data.
Your neighbourhood
Sturminster Newton ward · Dorset Council · North Dorset constituency
See what’s changing, available and important within 1km of DT10 1DR.
1km is about a 12-minute walk; 5km reaches across the wider town.
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0 of 11 sources in. Still waiting on the planning register, police data, air quality, flood warnings, your MP, road collisions, defibrillators, bus routes, schools, care inspections and the local map. Each section below fills in the moment its own source answers. You don’t need to wait for the rest.
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Counting what's around this postcode…
Each topic opens with its three most relevant records; the rest are one tap away. Every figure counts what is within 1km of your postcode.
What matters to you?
Tell us what you care about, children, sport, health, community, nature, and we’ll bring that to the front and tuck the rest away. It stays on your device and is never linked to you.
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Information is drawn from public and community sources. Some information is fetched live, while other sources are updated periodically. An empty list means nothing was recorded, not that nothing exists, and anything marked “didn’t load” means we couldn’t ask, which is different again. Nothing here replaces the original publisher.
| Source | Used for | How current |
|---|---|---|
| Environment Agency | Flood alerts and warnings | Live |
| Open-Meteo / Copernicus CAMS | Air quality | Modelled estimate, hourly |
| PlanIt | Planning applications from council portals | Updated periodically, on a delay |
| data.police.uk | Recorded crime | Updated monthly, about two months behind |
Plotting nearby places…
| OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) | Green space, venues, defibrillators, schools, heritage | Updated periodically, volunteer-maintained |
| UK Parliament Members API | Your MP | Updated periodically |
| postcodes.io / ONS | Location, ward, council, constituency | Updated periodically |
| Residents of this area | Events, groups and initiatives | Added by residents, moderated |
A few seconds’ read for DT10 1DR. Everything in full is in the seven strands below.
Open to commentPlace & Development
Place & Development
T1 - Plum tree - Remove. — Church Farmhouse Church Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DB · 910m away · lodged 3 days ago. The council hasn't published a closing date. Its record will have one.
Open to commentPlace & Development
Place & Development
Erect 2no. chalet bungalows including new access (demolish existing bungalow & garage) — Bonslea Lodge White Lane Close Sturminster Newton DT10 1EJ · 460m away · lodged 3 days ago. The council hasn't published a closing date. Its record will have one.
Nothing added yetCommunity & Connection
Community & Connection
Open data shows where the village hall is. It can't say the coffee morning is every Thursday at ten. That part only comes from people who live here.
PublicHealth & Wellbeing
Health & Wellbeing
40m away · 24/7 Access · Bath Road
Pollen and UV from the Open-Meteo forecast; heat is the forecast temperature, not the official alert. The Heat-Health Alerts are issued by UKHSA: check the current alert.
Low
grass 0 grains/m³
Source: Open-Meteo pollen model (CAMS). The band applies to grass pollen, using the Met Office's published thresholds; other species are shown as counts because their banding is not consistently published.
The Department for Education's own register: every state and independent school, not just the mapped ones. Each links to its latest Ofsted report (Ofsted no longer gives a single overall grade).
2 schools within 1km, from the Department for Education’s register.
Source: Get Information About Schools (DfE); reports from Ofsted. Ofsted stopped giving schools single-word ratings in September 2024, and the official register no longer carries one. Each school's link opens its Ofsted reports page, where the full inspection reports live.
Buildings with statutory protection, from the national register rather than the map.
75 listed buildings within 1km — 1 Grade I, 74 Grade II
Most notable: Church of St Mary · Grade I · 930m away
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyGet Information About Schools (DfE), refreshed monthly
Further and higher education across the whole of BCP, not just your immediate area — BU, AUB and Bournemouth & Poole College serve the entire conurbation.
South West Regional Assessment Centre · College
Shaftsbury Millie College · College
The Bournemouth and Poole College · College
Arts University Bournemouth · University
Bournemouth University · University
Bournemouth University (Talbot Campus) · University
Cambian Wing College · College
Bournemouth University (Lansdowne Campus) · University
Health Services University · University
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), across BCP
Find local courses, adult education and ways to learn something new. These are national services you search for your own area, so they cover the whole of BCP.
Search thousands of courses across the country, from adult education to professional qualifications.
Free level-3 qualifications for eligible adults, funded by the government.
Free online courses in numeracy, digital and workplace skills.
Flexible distance learning, from free short courses on OpenLearn to full degrees.
Free talks, first aid training, digital skills, environmental education. Added by whoever runs them, and shown right across BCP.
Nothing listed yet. If you run a session near here, add it and it will show for everyone who looks up a nearby postcode.
Add the first one for this areaLibraries, learning centres and other places to learn nearby. Schools, colleges and universities have their own blocks above.
Sturminster Newton Library · Library
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Finding work, careers advice and support back into employment. National services that cover the whole of BCP; local job fairs and support can be added below.
Free, impartial careers advice, skills assessments and a course finder, for any age.
The government's job search, listing vacancies across the country.
Support finding work, and help if you are claiming benefits while looking.
Your rights, and the help available, if you have been made redundant.
Learning while you earn, and technical routes into work. Particularly worth knowing for young people who don't want the university route.
Search and apply for apprenticeships across England, from intermediate to degree level.
Apprenticeship options explored alongside university choices, with how-to guides.
Two-year technical courses for 16 to 19 year-olds, combining study with a work placement.
Source: Historic England, National Heritage List for England. Listing protects a building's special interest in law; the register records what is protected, not what is merely old or well loved.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
This postcode isn’t in a conservation area, but there are some nearby.
Conservation areas near you
Updated periodicallyHistoric England, National Heritage List for England; conservation areas via planning.data.gov.uk
How this place has changed: former buildings, previous land uses, monuments, memorials, archaeological sites and museums. The kind of thing residents can add to over time.
Sturminster Museum · Museum
War Memorial · Memorial
Plus 4 other mapped places without a name, nearest 470m away.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap; statutory listings are held by Historic England
Stories, memories, photographs and history shared by local people. Read by a moderator before it appeared. Open data can say where a building is; only people can say what happened in it.
Know a story, place or photograph we’ve missed? It’s lost the moment nobody writes it down.
No local stories have been added here yet. How a street got its name, what stood on a corner, a photograph in a drawer. Be the first to add one.
Your community right now
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
GPs, pharmacies, dentists, hospitals and other health services nearby, grouped by type.
Updated periodicallyNHS/CQC register and OpenStreetMap; inspection ratings are in Care services below
In a cardiac arrest, survival falls with every minute. Worth knowing before you need it, and worth telling a neighbour.
Sturminster Newton Town CouncilReport a problem with Sturminster Newton Town Council40m
Public24/7 Access
Bath Road, DT10 1DR
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Football ClubhouseReport a problem with Football Clubhouse310m
Public24/7 Access
Sturminster Newton Football Club, DT10 1EW
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Public defibrillatorReport a problem with Public defibrillator470m
PublicVaried Access
Richmar Trading Centre, DT10 1AZ
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Hart & Sons LtdReport a problem with Hart & Sons Ltd540m
Public24/7 Access
Unit 2, DT10 1AZ
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)Sturquest Community PartnershipReport a problem with Sturquest Community Partnership580m
Public24/7 Access
The Community Office The Exchange, DT10 1FH
Source: British Heart Foundation.
Show this location on a map(opens in a new tab)8 more within 1km, 6 of them behind restricted access.
Source: British Heart Foundation. From The Circuit, the national defibrillator network, as published on 3 August 2026. It is a monthly snapshot, not a live feed, and a device can be moved or go out of service between releases. Community Connect is not endorsed by or affiliated with the British Heart Foundation.
Always call 999 first. The call handler will tell you where the nearest accessible unit is and give you its access code.
Updated periodicallyThe Circuit via the British Heart Foundation, refreshed monthly; supplemented by OpenStreetMap
Care homes, homecare providers and CQC ratings. Every one must register with the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them.
5 CQC-registered care services within 1km · 3 with a published rating
Source: Care Quality Commission. Ratings are the Care Quality Commission's own, from its most recent inspection of each service; each link opens the full CQC report. Many registered services, including most dental practices, are not given a rating at all.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyCare Quality Commission, refreshed monthly
Leisure centres, swimming pools, gyms, sports pitches and courts, running tracks, skate parks and outdoor gyms within 1km. Walking and cycling groups are usually resident-run — add one below if you know it.
Sturminster Newton Leisure Centre · Sports centre
Sturfit
Sturminster Newton United FC · Sports pitch
Exercise Equipment · Outdoor gym
Plus 3 other mapped swimming pools without a name, nearest 500m away.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Local and national support, advice and services for your wellbeing.
Someone to talk to whatever you're going through, day or night, free to call.
Where to get NHS help, including self-referral to talking therapies without seeing a GP first.
Information and support for anyone facing a mental health problem.
Free, confidential 24/7 support by text: text SHOUT to 85258.
The Campaign Against Living Miserably, for anyone who is struggling or in crisis.
Advice and support if you look after a family member or friend.
Help after someone dies, for however long grief takes.
Honest information about drugs, and confidential help to stop.
Free, confidential support with alcohol, drugs or mental health, in person and online.
Practical advice and emotional support on any issue disabled people face.
Befriending and a friendly ear for older people who feel isolated.
Ask your GP surgery about a link worker who can connect you to local activities and support.
Free, 24-hour helpline run by Refuge. You do not have to be in crisis to call.
Confidential help for men experiencing domestic abuse.
Free advice on money, benefits, debt, work, housing and consumer problems.
The Trussell Trust's national finder. Most food banks need a referral, explained on the page.
Emergency help and advice if you are homeless or at risk of losing your home.
Free NHS checks, screening programmes and vaccinations, and who is eligible for each.
A free mid-life check-up for adults aged 40 to 74, spotting early signs of stroke, heart disease, diabetes and more.
Who is invited, how often, and how to book. Offered to women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64.
Routine mammograms, offered to women aged 50 up to their 71st birthday.
A home test kit sent automatically to everyone aged 50 to 74.
The full NHS schedule, from childhood jabs to flu, COVID, shingles and travel vaccines.
Information about NHS 111, emergency care and when to call 999. In a life-threatening emergency, always call 999. These official routes work wherever you are and never depend on this page being up to date.
A life is at risk, a crime is in progress, or there is a fire. Call, don't look it up.
Urgent medical help when it isn't life-threatening — day or night, they tell you where to go.
A&E, urgent treatment centres and minor injuries units, and when to use each.
Nearest open pharmacy, including late and weekend opening, by postcode.
Report online, or call 101 when it isn't an emergency. Always 999 if it is.
Report a crime anonymously. They never trace calls or take your name.
Fire safety, a free home safety visit, and what to do about a hazard.
Nearest stations, for reference
Police: Unnamed police station, 660m away. Fire: Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service, 440m away. Stations are not for emergencies, always dial 999.
20
Air quality index
Good on the European scale
0
Live flood warnings
In force within 20km
Water supply across this area is split between companies. Bournemouth Water has no hosepipe ban; Wessex Water (much of Poole) and South West Water (parts of Dorset) do have bans in force.
Check which company supplies your address to see whether a ban applies.
Water companies announce hosepipe bans on their own pages; there is no single official feed. Checked 10 September 2026. Always confirm with your supplier before relying on it.
Source: Open-Meteo air quality model (CAMS). The air quality figure is modelled for this area from monitoring and weather data, not measured on your street.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
No monitored storm overflow into a river near you has discharged in the last week.
1 monitored storm overflow within 1km. None is discharging right now.
Source: Environment Agency; water companies via the Storm Overflow Hub; The Rivers Trust. Bathing water classifications are the Environment Agency's, from four years of samples. Overflow status is each water company's own live monitor data, published to the national Storm Overflow Hub. The Environment Agency does not routinely sample E. coli on these river points, so the live sewage-discharge status is the honest signal for a river.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Parks, nature reserves, commons, woodland and allotments within 1km. Some green space, like a stretch of woodland, has no name on the map; it still shows in the list below even though it isn't counted above.
The Railway Gardens · Garden
Plus 8 other mapped places without a name, nearest 260m away.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Sites of Special Scientific Interest, nature reserves, protected habitats, European wildlife designations and ancient woodland near you. Dorset's heaths make this an unusually rich area.
Updated periodicallyNatural England and others via planning.data.gov.uk
No Environment Agency flood alerts or warnings are in force within 20km right now. That says nothing about long-term risk to this address.
LiveEnvironment Agency flood service
Bottle banks, textile and can points and recycling centres within 1km. For household waste centres, bulky-item collections and what goes in which bin, use your council.
Nothing named is mapped here. Just 2 mapped recycling points without a name, nearest 210m away.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council pages for centres and collections
Lodged within 1km in the last 90 days, newest first. Each links to your council's own record, where the comment deadline is stated.
9 planning applications within 1km in the last 90 days.
TreesUndecided · Trees
T1 - Plum tree - Remove.
Church Farmhouse Church Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DB · 910m away · Lodged 14 Sept 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/05079
Undecided · Full
Erect 2no. chalet bungalows including new access (demolish existing bungalow & garage)
Bonslea Lodge White Lane Close Sturminster Newton DT10 1EJ · 460m away · Lodged 14 Sept 2026 · Ref P/FUL/2026/05046
Undecided · Heritage
Carry out external alterations to the retaining wall and install a replacement access door
Old Malt House Bridge Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1BZ · 960m away · Lodged 7 Sept 2026 · Ref P/LBC/2026/04914
Undecided · Amendment
Non-material amendment - Changes to the rear extension, making it smaller and with a flat roof to planning permission P/HOU/2026/01902 (Erect single storey extension, porch roof & convert…
Non-material amendment - Changes to the rear extension, making it smaller and with a flat roof to planning permission P/HOU/2026/01902 (Erect single storey extension, porch roof & convert half the garage)
9 Rabin Hill Sturminster Newton DT10 1EU · 180m away · Lodged 25 Aug 2026 · Ref P/NMA/2026/04672
Withdrawn · Full
Demolition of existing bungalow and garage and the erection of a pair of semi detached and a detached house including new access
Bonslea Lodge White Lane Close Sturminster Newton DT10 1EJ · 460m away · Lodged 17 Aug 2026 · Ref P/FUL/2026/04348
Source: PlanIt, collecting council planning registers on a delay. Counts are of applications lodged, which is a measure of paperwork, not of what will be built: many are refused, withdrawn or never begun.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyPlanIt, collected from council portals on a delay
Large developments within 1km that were granted permission in the last five years, newest decision first. These stay listed long after they drop out of the 90-day view above. A scheme is at its most visible on the ground exactly when it is quietest on the register.
Major schemeApproved March 2026
Erection of 86no. dwellings, formation of access, green space & associated infrastructure (with variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/FUL/2023/06986 - to amend approved plans)
320m away · P/VOC/2025/07094
Major schemeApproved February 2025
Erection of 86no. dwellings, formation of access, green space & associated infrastructure
320m away · P/FUL/2023/06986
Major schemeApproved April 2024
Non-material amendment - for changes to dwelling styles, chimneys, materials and roof pitches; to Planning Permission No. 2/2019/1801/FUL (Demolish farm buildings and erect 98 No. dwellings, form vehicular access from Elm Close and Bull Ground Lane, public open space, allotments and associated infrastructure).
920m away · P/NMA/2024/00913
Major schemeApproved November 2023
Non-material amendment - erect sheds in lieu of garages for Plots 21-24, 49-50 and 54-56; combine single garages into twin garages for Plots 5 & 6, 28 & 29, 30 & 37, 31 & 32, 77 & 78, 96 & 97; re-site garage for Plot 89; to Planning Permission No. 2/2019/1801/FUL (Demolish farm buildings and erect 98 No. dwellings, form vehicular access from Elm Close and Bull Ground Lane, public open space, allotments and associated infrastructure).
920m away · P/NMA/2023/05908
Major schemeApproved October 2023
Modification of S106 Agreement dated 19 March 2020 (2/2018/1749/OUT – 114 dwellings) to amend the definition of Local Needs Person in relation to the cascading process for the Council’s Housing Register, add a Protected Occupier definition for the Affordable Housing, and other amendments regarding the applicable liabilities relating to the Affordable Housing.
530m away · P/MPO/2023/00821
Major schemeApproved April 2022
Application for approval of reserved matters for appearance, landscaping, layout & scale in relation to outline approval 2/2018/1749/OUT (& subsequent revisions)
530m away · P/RES/2021/02896
Permission is not the same as building work. No open dataset records whether a scheme has started or finished, so these are listed as consented and dated, nothing more. In England a permission normally lapses if work has not begun within three years, which is why the window stops at five.
Updated periodicallyPlanIt, collected from council portals on a delay
Completed sales recorded by HM Land Registry for this postcode, newest first. These are prices actually paid, not asking prices or estimates.
£258,750 median of the last 2 sales in DT10 1DR (Oct 2000 – Mar 2015).
These are completed sales recorded by HM Land Registry, not asking prices or estimates. Prices reach the register a month or two after completion, so the very latest sales may not appear yet.
Updated periodicallyHM Land Registry Price Paid Data (Open Government Licence)
No open national feed covers every council's roadworks, so this is a link rather than a list.
Bus stops, stations and tram stops within 1km, from the Department for Transport's national register. A stop's two sides (one for each direction) are counted once.
12 bus stops within 1km.
Distances are straight lines, so the walk is always a little further, especially where a railway or main road sits in between. Stops come from NaPTAN, the Department for Transport’s national register, which lists where stops are but not which buses call at them today.
No bus is being tracked within 1km at this moment. Outside running hours that is normal; it says nothing about which routes serve these stops during the day.
Updated periodicallyNaPTAN, Department for Transport; live tracking from the Bus Open Data Service
Named car parks within 1km, with whether they charge where that's recorded. For live tariffs and permits, check your council.
Sturminster Newton High School Car Park · Car park
20 spaces · max stay 0 · Restricted access
Harts · Car park
Free · 10 spaces · max stay 72 hours · Restricted access
Station Road · Car park
Paid · 82 spaces · max stay 6 hours
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); tariffs from the council
Police-reported injury collisions within 1km over the last five years, from the national record.
10 reported injury collisions within 1km, 2021 to 2025
Counted per person hurt, so one collision can appear in more than one row. The collisions themselves are drawn on the map in “Your neighbourhood at a glance” — switch on the Collisions layer.
Source: Department for Transport, STATS19. Figures show police-reported personal-injury collisions and do not by themselves indicate the cause of a collision or the relative safety of different forms of transport.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
Updated periodicallyDepartment for Transport, STATS19
Police publish these snapped to anonymised map points, never real addresses.
32 incidents were recorded near this postcode in July 2026.
About 35% higher
89 recorded across May to July 2026, against 66 in May to July 2025. The same three months a year earlier, so the comparison isn’t measuring the seasons.
Counts are of records, not convictions, snapped to anonymised map points and published about two months in arrears. A change of a few incidents at this scale is noise. The shape over a year is the part worth reading. The feed keeps about three years, so its earliest year will drop off as new months appear; figures already gathered here are kept.
Source: data.police.uk. Figures are police-reported incidents snapped to anonymised map points; they measure what was reported, not everything that happened.
Community Connect provides information, not a position. Read the source, weigh it, and reach your own conclusion.
One month in a small area. Too small a sample to read a trend from, and not a comparison between neighbourhoods.
Updated periodicallydata.police.uk, about two months behind
Population density for this postcode's own census neighbourhood, an area of roughly 1,500 people.
1,808 people per square kilometre.
Denser than 32% of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Source: Census 2021. Density says how closely people live, not how it feels to live there — a leafy street of flats can out-score a windswept estate of houses.
Updated periodicallyONS Census 2021, updated each census
What Dorset charges for 2026-27, including the police and fire shares. Parish precepts, where they exist, come on top.
| Band | Per year |
|---|---|
| A | £1,843 |
| B | £2,151 |
| C | £2,458 |
| D | £2,765 |
| E | £3,379 |
| F | £3,994 |
| G | £4,608 |
| H | £5,530 |
Of the Band D figure, £2,345.49 goes to the council, £322.58 to the police and £96.95 to fire and rescue. Your own band depends on your property’s 1991 valuation — check your band on GOV.UK.
Updated periodicallyMHCLG, council tax levels 2026-27, published March 2026
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 - Smoke Tree - Fell. T2 - Birch - Reduce by 4m and reshape as per annotated photograph.
The Old School Penny Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DE · 920m away · Lodged 29 Jul 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/04123
TreesPermitted · Trees
Removal of 1x dead Cherry in front garden and 1x dead Ash in rear garden under regulation 14.
Pellys Barn Barnes Close Sturminster Newton DT10 1BN · 790m away · Lodged 28 Jul 2026 · Ref P/TRD/2026/04115
TreesPermitted · Trees
T1 - Plum - Remove close to ground level and treat stump with ecoplugs or suitable alternative to inhibit regrowth. (Height: 6m) (Canopy: 3m) (DBH: 30cm) (Distance to AOD: 1m) SG2 - Mixed…
T1 - Plum - Remove close to ground level and treat stump with ecoplugs or suitable alternative to inhibit regrowth. (Height: 6m) (Canopy: 3m) (DBH: 30cm) (Distance to AOD: 1m) SG2 - Mixed shrubs (Redcurrant, Pear, Magnolia, Hydrangea, Wisteria) - Remove close to ground level and treat stump with ecoplugs or suitable alternative to inhibit regrowth. (Height: 3m) (Distance to AOD: 0m) SG4 - Passiflora, Forsythia - Remove stems within 5 metres of area of damage. (Height: 3m) (Distance to AOD: 0m) SG5 - Vine, Cotonesater, Spirea - Remove close to ground level and treat stump with ecoplugs or suitable alternative to inhibit regrowth. (Height: 3m) (Distance to AOD: 0m) SG6 - Buddleja, Jasmine - Remove stems within 6 metres of area of damage. (Height: 6m) (Distance to AOD: 1m) TG7 - Hornbeam, Laurel - Remove stems within 6 metres of area of damage. (Height: 6m) (Canopy: 2m) (DBH: 14cm) (Distance to AOD: 3m) TG8 - Apple - Remove stems within 6 metres of area of damage. (Height: 7m) (Canopy: 4m) (DBH: 26cm) (Distance to AOD: 5m) TG9 - Hornbeam, Privet - Remove stems within 6 metres of area of damage. (Height: 6m) (Canopy: 2m) (DBH: 35cm) (Distance to AOD: 4m) H10 - Laurel, Privet - Remove stems within 3 metres of area of damage. (Height: 2m) (Distance to AOD: 2m)
Sherford House Goughs Close Sturminster Newton DT10 1BU · 750m away · Lodged 17 Jul 2026 · Ref P/TRC/2026/03891
Permitted · Full
Erection of spectator stand
Sturminster Newton Football Club Honeymead Lane Sturminster Newton DT10 1EW · 370m away · Lodged 23 Jun 2026 · Ref P/FUL/2026/03275
Development shapes travel; travel shapes the air; the air shapes health; and today’s decisions shape what the next generation inherits. 6 links measured from this postcode’s own figures — each ends in a question, not a forecast.
DevelopmentaffectsTransport
3
building applications, of 9 in all
2
involve homes
4
tree works, counted apart
3 applications within 2km propose building or changing something, 2 of them involving homes. A further 4 concern trees and are counted separately. They change the canopy, not the traffic.
How might that development affect travel demand on the existing network, and is anyone assessing it cumulatively, or one application at a time?
DevelopmentaffectsNature
620m
to The Railway Gardens
1
named green spaces
3
applications in the same radius
The Railway Gardens is 620m away, one of 1 named green spaces within 2km. 3 development applications sit inside the same radius.
How are the cumulative effects on that green space and its habitats being considered, and which of these places is actually protected, rather than simply undeveloped for now?
ChildrenaffectsAir quality
6
schools & learning sites
20
air index · good
2.1
NO₂ µg/m³ · the traffic pollutant
6 schools and learning sites within 2km. Air here is good today at 20 on the European index, with nitrogen dioxide. The pollutant most closely tied to vehicles. At 2.1 µg/m³.
How might future traffic and development change the air on the roads those children use twice a day, every day?
Air qualityaffectsHealth
Good
air quality today
20
European air index
2.1
NO₂ µg/m³ · the traffic pollutant
Today's reading is good (20), with nitrogen dioxide, the pollutant most tied to traffic, at 2.1 µg/m³. Air quality is a long-run exposure, not a daily event: what matters for health is the average someone breathes over years, not one good or bad day.
Over years rather than days, what would sustained exposure at this level mean for residents with asthma, COPD or heart conditions, and for children whose lungs are still developing?
Green spaceaffectsWellbeing
1
green spaces
6
places to be active
4
indoor places to gather
1 named green space and 6 places to be active within 2km, against 4 indoor places to gather.
How accessible are these spaces to people of different ages and abilities, and are there barriers that prevent some residents from enjoying them?
Places to gatheraffectsConnection
4
halls, centres & churches
120m
to Unnamed place of worship
4 halls, centres and places of worship within 2km, nearest Unnamed place of worship at 120m.
If one of these closed, where would the groups that use it go, and would they survive the move?
This is what Harmony means in practice: people, place and the natural world as one system rather than seven separate files. Pull on any one of these and the others move.
Every figure on this page counts what is within 1km of your postcode, unless it says otherwise.
Everything the open registers record within 1km. Switch a layer off to clear the view, or tap a pin to see what it is.
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Rings mark 500m, 1km and 2km. Pins are what the open registers record, not everything that is there. A hall nobody has added to OpenStreetMap does not appear.
The people elected to speak for this area, from national to neighbourhood.
Your MP
Simon Hoare
Conservative · North Dorset
Contact Simon Hoare(opens in a new tab)How this area voted · 2024 General Election
Most local decisions are made in public, on a deadline. These are where they're published.
Local news, notices and one-off happenings added by people who live here, checked by a moderator before they appear.
Nothing has been added for this area yet. Open data shows where the village hall is. It can't say the coffee morning is every Thursday at ten.
Add the first one for this areaAdded by residentsSubmitted by residents, moderated before publishing
Pulled automatically from calendars that local groups have connected. They keep their own listings up to date; we just show them.
No local group has connected a calendar to this area yet. If your church, hall, library or club already publishes one, adding it once means its events appear here and stay up to date on their own.
Added by residentsLocal groups' own calendars, refreshed hourly
Charities, CICs, food banks, support groups and residents' associations working in your area. A local organisation is worth knowing about whether or not it has anything on this week, so it lives here in its own right.
No local organisations have been added here yet. The national ones are easy to find online; it’s the small local groups doing brilliant work that are hardest to discover, so this fills up when someone who knows one adds it.
Added by residentsAdded by residents and organisations, moderated before publishing
Places within 1km where you may be able to volunteer, because they are usually run by volunteers, alongside current opportunities added by residents and local organisations. Contact a place directly to ask what help it needs.
Simple, current requests from local organisations — donations, drivers, raffle prizes, a spare pair of hands. Small things that are easy to help with if you happen to see them.
Nothing is being asked for right now. If you run a local group and need a hand with something, this is the place to say so.
Added by residentsAdded by local organisations, moderated before publishing
Clubs, societies, activities and groups you can join locally — the things that meet regularly and welcome new people, added by residents.
No groups have been added for this area yet. A choir, a running club, a book group, a chess night — if you know one that meets nearby and welcomes newcomers, this is where it goes.
Added by residentsAdded by residents, moderated before publishing
Halls, centres, social facilities and places of worship within 1km.
Plus 1 other mapped place of worship without a name, nearest 120m away.
The old-school suppliers: butcher, baker, greengrocer, farm shop, deli.
No butcher, bakery, greengrocer or farm shop is mapped within 1km. If you know one, add it to OpenStreetMap and it will appear here.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Theatres, cinemas, arts centres and music venues within 1km.
No theatre, cinema or music venue is mapped within 1km.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
Every figure here is measured from the six strands above. Every forward-looking line is a question, not a forecast.
A snapshot of the place we're passing on: the measures that say what sort of place this is to hand over, drawn together from the strands above.
Development pressure
3 applications
Proposing to build or change something, within 2km in the last 90 days. 0 classed as major, 4 of all types still undecided. 4 further applications concern trees and are not counted here.
Green space
1 space
Named parks, commons, woodland, heath and allotments within 2km. Nearest is The Railway Gardens at 620m.
Places to gather
4
Community centres, halls, social facilities and places of worship within 2km. The rooms a neighbourhood actually meets in.
Learning on the doorstep
4 schools, 1 library
6 education sites within 2km in total, including colleges and universities.
Nearest defibrillator
40m
13 nearby on the national register. In a cardiac arrest, minutes decide the outcome.
Heritage features
6
Monuments, historic buildings, memorials and museums recorded within 2km.
Air quality today
Good (20)
European Air Quality Index, modelled for this location. PM2.5 5.2 µg/m³, NO₂ 2.1 µg/m³.
Play spaces, family facilities and things for children nearby. Playgrounds and skate parks come from the map; children's centres, family hubs and toddler groups are best found through your council's family services, or added by residents below. Schools are under Learning & Skills.
Nothing named is mapped here. Just 12 mapped playgrounds without a name, nearest 270m away.
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); services from the council
Places, activities and opportunities for young people — the gap between a playground and adulthood. Open data maps youth centres and skate parks; youth clubs, teenage activities and schemes like Duke of Edinburgh are best added by people who run them.
No youth centres are mapped nearby yet. If you run a youth club, activity or scheme for teenagers here, add it so families can find it.
How today's decisions shape what this area becomes — population, housing, services, environment. Every line is a question, not a forecast. The three strongest are summarised higher up the page.
Air quality → Health
Today's reading is good (20), with nitrogen dioxide, the pollutant most tied to traffic, at 2.1 µg/m³. Air quality is a long-run exposure, not a daily event: what matters for health is the average someone breathes over years, not one good or bad day.
Over years rather than days, what would sustained exposure at this level mean for residents with asthma, COPD or heart conditions, and for children whose lungs are still developing?
Green space → Wellbeing
1 named green space and 6 places to be active within 2km, against 4 indoor places to gather.
How accessible are these spaces to people of different ages and abilities, and are there barriers that prevent some residents from enjoying them?
Places to gather → Connection
4 halls, centres and places of worship within 2km, nearest Unnamed place of worship at 120m.
If one of these closed, where would the groups that use it go, and would they survive the move?
Updated periodicallyOpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); plus residents and the council
Today's decisions → Future generations
4 schools, 1 library and 6 heritage features within 2km, alongside 4 planning applications still undecided.
The children in those schools will inherit whatever is settled this year. What would they thank us for in 2046, and what would they wish we had asked about?
Turnout 68% · majority 1,589 votes. Source: UK Parliament. Vote shares are the record of one election, not a statement about anyone who lives here now.
Worked out from your postcode. If you live very close to a constituency boundary, your address can fall the other side of it — check by address on Parliament’s own site.
Your ward councillors · Sturminster Newton
Councillors are the local end of the chain: planning, bins, roads and the council services on this page all answer to them before anyone else. From the council’s own register.
Your Police and Crime Commissioner
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner
Elected, and separate from the police themselves. They set the force’s budget and priorities and handle complaints about how it is run, which makes them the person to write to about the crime figures further up this page.
Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner(opens in a new tab)Your town or parish council
Sturminster Newton
The most local tier of all — town and parish councils look after things like allotments, halls and local green space, and are consulted on planning. No national register lists their members, so search their own site for who sits on it.
Find Sturminster Newton’s council(opens in a new tab)Petitions people here are signing
Official UK Parliament petitions only, ranked by signatures from this constituency. The Government must respond at 10,000 signatures nationally; at 100,000 Parliament considers a debate. Listing a petition is a count, not an endorsement — read it and decide for yourself. Updated daily.
Brainwave · Charity shop
The Emporium · Charity shop
Sturminster Newton Community Benefit Society
The Exchange · Town hall
Methodist · Place of worship
methodist
St Mary · Place of worship
anglican