Dorset Council is pressing ahead with plans to buy a dairy farm for a rewilding project within its boundaries. In a statement, the council said part of

Dorset Council, supported by Natural England, is pressing ahead with plans to buy a dairy farm for a rewilding project.

In a statement, the council said part of Middle Farm, in Higher Kingcombe, is being used as a dairy farm which is “not ideal” as it suffers from run-off and erosion as it is managed “intensively”.

With the support of Natural England, the council wants to buy the farm and change its use of land for woodland or rewilding.