Planning application
Apple Tree Cottage 3 Willow Place Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1ED
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1. Apple tree - Reduce overgrowth by 1m to previous reduction points to remove water shoots and promote good form and health, leaving a tree of approximately 4.5m.
As published by the council, reference P/25/04150/TTPO
Application record
- Reference
- P/25/04150/TTPO
- Type
- Tree work to tree/s subject to a TPO
- Status
- Application Under Consideration
- Received
- 15 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 15 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Christchurch Town
- Parish
- Christchurch Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH23 1ED
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Oct 2025
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 December 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole took a median of 60 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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1 Willow Place Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1ED
96% historically approved · decision due ~27 Nov
T1 Willow Pollard the entire tree to previous reduction points (approx. 3 m reduction of regrowth) leaving a tree of approximately 10m in height
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
1 Willow Place Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1ED
T1 Willow Pollard the entire tree to previous reduction points (approx. 3 m reduction of regrowth) leaving a tree of approximately 10m in height
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Apple Tree Cottage 3 Willow Place Bridge Street Christchurch BH23 1ED
T1. Apple tree - Reduce overgrowth by 1m to previous reduction points to remove water shoots and promote good form and health, leaving a tree of approximately 4.5m.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Kings Hotel 18 Castle Street Christchurch BH23 1DT
Listed building consent for internal alterations to convert function room to guest suites and convert first floor kitchen into managers suite, with associated external alterations to replace kitchen window with 3 windows and remove steps to front of function room.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 27 docs -
Kings Hotel 18 Castle Street Christchurch BH23 1DT
Internal and external alterations including alterations to parking, new windows, removal of front steps. Conversion of existing function room to guest suites and first floor kitchen into managers suite.
Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 40 docs -
Millstream House 6 Millhams Street Christchurch BH23 1DW
T1- Bay - Reduce the whole crown to 3m above ground level as shown on photo.
Granted Trees 7 docs
Other trees applications
In Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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P/26/04295/REG14 Granted
Orchard Cottage Bramble Lane Christchurch BH23 5NB
Sycamore – Dead – Fell
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P/26/03118/TTPO Granted
26 Evesham Close Bournemouth BH7 7HN
T1 – Pear (Pyrus), Reduce crown height by up to 2 metres and lateral spread by up to 1.5 metres, pruning back to previous reduction points where present or otherwise to suitable secondary growth points, with no cut exceeding 50mm in diameter; remove deadwood throughout the canopy; and prune lateral growth to maintain 2 metres clearance from the property and 1 metre clearance around the lamp column.
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P/26/03121/TTPO Granted
7 St Anthony's Road Bournemouth BH2 6PB
T1 – Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) - Crown reduction in height by up to 1.5 metres and lateral spread by up to 1.5 metres, pruning back to suitable secondary growth points throughout, with no cut exceeding 75mm in diameter, retaining the natural shape, form and health of the tree.
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P/26/04291/TTPO Awaiting decision
Magpies 17 Canford Cliffs Road Poole BH13 7AG
T1 - Maritime Pine - Fell to ground level and replace - The tree has a very large twisted and fractured limb, the other limb around it are also dead or very close to being dead, a large amount of tree leaning out over the road. With the fracture and deadwood removed it will leave the tree as a risk to the road. T2 - Maritime pine - Fell to ground level as the tree has died. T3 - Acacia - remove the broken limb - The tree has a limb which has failed into the lower fork of the tree. removal of the break will maintain safety in the garden. T4 - English Oak - Reduce and reshape by 1-2 metres all over - The tree has very poor formation at the base and a possible internal fracture. The reduction of the tree will still retain the tree within the landscape but also improve the safety of the garden by reduceing the sail area of the tree and therefor the stresses on the issues at the base of the tree. Please see the annotated photos.
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P/26/04280/TTPO Awaiting decision
Athelney Court 24 Grove Road Bournemouth BH1 3DB
G1- 3 x Sycamore trees - 2m Branch reduction across all branches. T2 - Sweet Chestnut - Dead. Fell to 4m. T3 - Holly - Fell to ground level.