Dorset Peat Partnership restoration works - Agglestone 2025

Site works to restore sections of the Agglestone mire system within the Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve, as part of a wider project led by the Dorset Peatland Partnership. The aim is to reconnect drained mire habitat, raise water levels, slow flow rates and maximise Carbon capture within currently degraded mire systems.

This will be achieved using a range of sensitive restoration techniques that are described in more detail in the attached project specifications. Activities include mulching Molinia, excavating pilot channels, ditch infill and installing culverted footpath crossings.

Contractors will be chosen based on capacity, capability, relevant experience including of working in sensitive habitats on protected sites, proposed solution and cost.

Full details including of how to apply are in the attached Request for Proposals document.

Tender Documents

• Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder → — Tender notice
• Request for proposal - RFP1 summary → — Tender notice
• Project specification, including maps, breakdowns and locations of restoration features. → — Technical specifications
• Pre-construction Information. Draft summary of identified risks and mitigation measures, to form part of CDM administration. → — Contract annexe
• Map showing location of the project site and access routes → — Contract annexe
• Bill of quantity - please fill this in as part of tender submissions → — Bill of quantity
• Historic Environment Assessment Report for Agglestone mire → — Environmental impact
• Overlay of Historic Environment Assessment maps and project plan maps → — Environmental impact
• National Trust Environment Site Rules → — Environmental impact
• Unexploded ordnance, methodologies, and procedures → — Risk provisions