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Council leader Spencer Flower, inset, said: Covid-19 continues to carry risks for us all and numbers of cases are rising again across the country and here in Dorset Dorset Council has delayed a return to the office for the majority of its staff – in response to increasing Covid infection numbers. A week after ‘freedom day’ on July 19 the majority of its office-based staff are continuing to work from home and are now likely to do so until at least the end of September. At the start of lockdown the council had around 2,500 people working from home and around 2,000 continuing to work in outside jobs including social care.
major changes to Dorchester town centre as new homes planned DORCHESTER’S ‘townscape’ could soon be changing with proposals to convert more offices into homes. Town and unitary councillor for the county town, Andy Canning, says the trend, partly brought about by the pandemic, could have consequences for the town centre economy, parking and congestion. He is asking for changes in the Local Plan, currently being reviewed, to reflect this. Dorset Council-owned buildings could be converted to homes – the South Walks House headquarters and the South Annexe on the County Hall site, along with other privately-owned buildings in the area.