The verges and off-road parking across Harland Moor and Middlebere Heath are being updated to make it easier to know where you can (and cannot) park.
NEW roadside verges are to be installed along heathland roads in the Corfe Castle and Wareham area to protect the environment – with others closed off.
The road between Hartland and Norden, from Middlebere Heath to New Mills Heath has, until now, seen a number of ad hoc parking spaces develop.
Now the National Trust and other partners, including the RSPB, is proposing to create a series of formal parking areas to reduce further deterioration of the verges and to prevent damage to sensitive sites.
An application for the parking areas says that around 25 sites currently exist where vehicles regularly park but are not designated as such.
Much of the area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest, within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and the newly formed Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve.
Dorset Echo
