MOD byelaws: Dorset
This page brings together all available byelaws within Dorset. Please select a link to view the byelaws.
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To be reviewed
The following sites are on the current programme to be reviewed. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below or byelaws do not currently exist and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.
- Blandford Downs Rifle Range in the County of Dorset Byelaws 1917
- Chickerell Rifle and Machine Gun Range Fleet Byelaws 1930
- Lulworth Ranges Byelaws 1978
- RM Poole
- Royal Tank Corps Centre Bovington Camp in the County of Dorset Military Lands Byelaws 1936
- DFG West Moors ^
- Weymouth Bay and Grove Point Ranges ^
Lapsed
Over the years the MOD has sold or transferred the freehold or relinquished the leasehold at a significant number of sites that were once the subject of byelaws. This list may also be helpful in showing for environmental and historical research those areas of the country once occupied by MOD. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.
- Bincombe Rifle Range in the County of Dorset Byelaws 1915
- Chesil Bank, Dorset Air Gunnery and Bombing Range Byelaws 1938
- Crichel Down Bombing Range Byelaws 1940
- Holme Heath Field Firing Range ^
- Poole Rifle Range ^
- Swanage Rifle Range ^
- Sydling St. Nicholas Ranges Byelaws 1941
- Upton Rifle Range ^
- Wool Camp and Moreton Rifle Range ^
Revoked
Over the years the MOD has reviewed existing byelaws, in the process revoking previous byelaws. The MOD has also revoked byelaws on land that is in the process of being disposed of. This list may be helpful in showing for environmental and historical research those areas of the country once occupied by MOD. Unfortunately in some cases the department no longer holds copies of the relevant byelaws listed below and consequently in these cases no active hyperlink is in place. It is possible, however, that copies may still be held in local county record offices, but no physical check has been made by MOD.
- Royal Tank Corps Centre Bovington Camp Military Lands Byelaws 1925
- Fleet Rifle Range Byelaws 1915 ^
- Lulworth Camp (Royal Tank Corps Centre) Military Lands Byelaws 1929
- Lulworth Tank Corps Gunnery School Ranges Byelaws 1929
- Lulworth Tank Corps Gunnery School Ranges in the County of Dorset Byelaws 1926
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Lulworth Tank Corps Gunnery School Ranges Byelaws 1917 ^
^No copy of the byelaw document is currently available
Related Information
Last updated 3 June 2019 + show all updates
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Updated the page in line with the ongoing byelaw content review.
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Updated: Chesil Bank (Wyke Regis) Byelaw has lapsed.
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Updated summary
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First published.