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Planners are being asked to give planning consent for two of the six – both on the Esplanade. One features creatures found in the Bay, the other, more abstract, is designed to highlight climate change. They will be part of six installations which will encourage people to explore lesser-known parts of the town. Each has been commissioned by Dorset Council working with the creative producers B Side and date back to a consultation exercise it carried out in 2018. READ MORE: The completed trail will be just under a mile long and is designed to be accessible to wheelchair users. More than 120 applications were submitted to take part in the project from which six were selected including three from Dorset - Ben Russell, Denman & Gould and Alex Evans of Stoneform - with visiting artists Nigel Ross (Dundee), Steve Geliot (Brighton) and Raphael Daden (Nottingham).