Planning application
8 Forest Road Poole BH13 6DH
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T2 Silver Birch. Reasons for works - Encroaching onto the front of the house and phone line. Proposed works - Reduce and remove secondary and tertiary branches to obtain a clearance of 2m from the house to the closest foliage. Clear the phone line to give a 0.5 m clearance around the phone lines. T6 Purple plum. Reasons for works - Over mature and heavily encroaching onto no. 8 and no. 10 Forest road. Proposed works - Fell to ground level. No scope for replanting between the buildings. Suggest replant with silver birch – 2m container grown on the rear boundary. T9 Robinia. Reasons for works - Tree is in heavy decline with central stem dead and partially removed in the past. Tree of low amenity value. Proposed works - Fell to ground level. Replant with 1 x mountain ash – 2m container grown. T13. Robinia. Reasons for works - Heavily suppressed tree, three quarters dead. Tree of low amenity value. Proposed works - Fell to ground level. No scope for replanting in this location as crowded with other trees above.
As published by the council, reference P/26/04484/TTPO
Application record
- Reference
- P/26/04484/TTPO
- Type
- Tree work to tree/s subject to a TPO
- Status
- Registered - Awaiting Allocation
- Received
- 15 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 15 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Canford Cliffs
- Parish
- Poole Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH13 6DH
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Sep 2026
Received by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
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22 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 November 2026, 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.
What happens while it is decided
This application is with Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole decided tree works applications in a median of 61 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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