Planning applications in Dorset, September 2026

1 Raleigh Lodge Westbury Sherborne DT9 3EN

Form vehicular access

The Old Rectory Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU

T1 - Tulip Tree - Reduce crown height by 3m and lateral branching by 1.8-2.5m, cutting back to suitable secondary growth points. Crown lift over roof to afford a minimum 2m clearance and selectively remove or shorten vertical (epicormic) shoots in central canopy to prevent abrasion a develop good branch structure. T2 - Walnut being considered under Section 211 application P/TRC/2026/05117.

The Old Rectory Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU

T2 - Walnut - Reduce crown by shortening all peripheral branches by up to 2.5m, cutting back to suitable secondary growth points distal to historic pruning nodes. Crown lift over house roof to afford a 2m clearance. T1 - Tulip Tree - Being considered under TPO application P/TRT/2026/05150.

Rose And Crown 178 Wareham Road Lytchett Matravers BH16 6DT

Erect a contemporary canopy of steel and aluminium construction to house two permanent BBQ smokers and accompanying extraction system. Solar panels on canopy roof.

Silver Mist Valley Road Harmans Cross BH19 3DZ

Group of Cypress - Reduce the height by 3 metres.

16C High Street Fordington Dorchester DT1 1JZ

Replace the existing fibre cement tiled roof with Spanish Slate tiles

Meadow View Causeway Weymouth DT4 9RY

T1 Field Maple - Remove Under Regulation 14 (S198)

Grahams Farm East Stour Gillingham SP8 5RH

Non material amendment - alter condition no. 3 to show a 3 year period, ending the consent in 2029 and not 2028 to planning permission P/FUL/2026/02370 (Erection of a temporary mobile home for an agricultural worker)

74 Wayside Road St Leonards and St Ives Ringwood BH24 2SJ

The erection of a building used for hobby and storage purposes. The construction of a Flat within the hobby and storage building. The use of land for hobby and storage purposes.

Land adjoining Brickyard Cottage Owermoigne DT2 8HS

Erect 1 no. dwelling & garage

West Wing 2 Compton House Compton Road Over Compton Sherborne DT9 4DJ

Change of Use of Land from Agricultural to Residential Garden.

82 High Street Langton Matravers BH19 3HD

T1 Walnut - Reduce crown by 2 metres. - Crown thin by 30%. Tree 2 Ash - Reduce crown by 3 metres. - Crown lift as required to achieve clearance above the highway (5.2 metres). - Crown thin by 30%.

Riverside Colesbrook Gillingham SP8 4HH

T1 - Willow - Reduce crown height by pollarding 2m below previous pollard nodes (see annotated photograph showing old nodes in yellow and proposed pruning points in red) and reduce lower lateral branches back to previous pruning points, retaining lower pendulous branching and internal growth where possible. T2 - Oak - Reduce crown height by 1.5m and reduce lower laterals on northern, western and southern sides by 1.2-1.5m, as per annotated photograph.

Little Tredington Church Road Pimperne DT11 8UB

T1 - Beech - Reduce primary limb on east side and primary limbs on west side by 3m. Compensatory pruning of rest of the tree by up to 2m to maintain overall shape of tree after main pruning works.

Land And Buildings At Druce Higher Barn Birch Lane Druce

Erect shoot lodge and ancillary storage buildings for agricultural and apiary equipment.

Hutton Bank South Street Sherborne DT9 3LZ

T1 Fig - Fell

Land North East Of The Mellowes Nursing Home Common Mead Lane Gillingham SP8 4RA

T1 - Oak (At rear of plot 44) - Reduce canopy on south side by 2m to allow for scaffolding to be installed.

Dewlands Park West Close Verwood BH31 6PR

T1 Oak - Reduce lateral branches extending over the garden (21 West Close) by approximately 1–2 metres pruning back to suitable growth points. T2 Oak - Reduce lateral branches extending over the garden (21 West Close) by approximately 2–3 metres pruning back to suitable growth points. T3 Oak - Reduce lateral branches extending over the garden (21 West Close) by approximately 2–3 metres pruning back to suitable growth points.

Land adjacent C Smart Agricultural Services Enterprise Park Piddlehinton Dorchester DT2 7UA

Extension of premises to provide aggregate yard, timber storage area, topsoil & compost store, covered timber store, trade counter/offices, display area, parking area & weighbridge

Broad Road Farm Beaminster Road Bridport DT6 3TS

Erect plant room, install air source heat pump and create 3No. landscaping bunds

The Old Rectory Church Path Litton Cheney DT2 9AH

T3 Ash - Fell

Trill Farm Thornford DT9 6HF

Construction of an above-ground slurry lagoon

Located on Land at Henbury View Road adjoining 30 Henbury View Road Corfe Mullen BH21 3TT

Tree work as per submitted Henbury View former EDDC - Tree Work Schedule 2026. T46 English Oak (///binds.pulps.park) - Crown reduction. Reduce whole canopy by 3 metres. Reduce leader on the south with cracking by 5 metres.

Tuckers Lodge High Street Compton Abbas Shaftesbury SP7 0NH

T1 - Willow - Fell.

14 High Street Sixpenny Handley SP5 5NR

Conversion of existing building into 2no. residential units & erection 1no. residential unit to the rear

Smugglers Hyde 47 Brook Lane Corfe Mullen BH21 3RD

Erect new dwelling to the northern side of the land.

16 St Johns Hill Wimborne Minster BH21 1DD

T1 Apple tree - Canopy reduction by approximately 30% to give finished height of 4 metres and width of 4 metres. T2 Sweet Chestnut - Crown lift to 2.5 metres from ground cutting tertiary branches only.

The Old Rectory The Batch Poyntington DT9 4LF

T1, T2 & T3 Horse Chestnut - Reduce north quadrant by approx 2m & reduce height by approx 2m T4 Horse Chestnut - Reduce east and north quadrant by 3m from the outer branch tips & lessen apical section by trimming top branches by 2.5m T5 Ash - Trim branches back on north side to a suitable secondary subordinate, growth point by 3m

The Old Rectory Church Path Litton Cheney DT2 9AH

T1, T4, T5 & T6 Ash - Fell T2 Hazel - Coppice

Gages Orchard Shadrach Burton Bradstock DT6 4QG

T1 & T2 Elm - Remove Under Regulation 14 (S198)

The Summer House Wyke Road Gillingham SP8 5NS

T1 - London Plane - Fell. Dispense with replating due to density of adjacent trees. T2 - London Plane - Remove lowest limb extending due west as per annotated photo. T3 - Deeodar Cedar - Crown lift, shortening lowest branches extending due south, to approximately 3m from ground level. Drop crotching and cutting back to suitable secondary growth point as per annotated photo. T4 - Western Red Cedar - Shorten apex of overextended lowest limb extending due west. See photo. Shorten and blend lateral limbs of same limb by approximately 1.5-2m. See indicative red line on attached photo as per annotated photo. Tree height will remain the same.

Located on land adjoining the rear of 70 Sandy Lane Upton BH16 5LX

Tree 6 Pedunculate Oak - Fell to ground level. Tree 7 Scots Pine - Fell to ground level.

Maiden Street Methodist Church Maiden Street Weymouth DT4 8BT

Internal & external alterations to facilitate the reconstruction & change of use of church to 25.no apartments and remedial works to existing house to vary condition 1 of P/VOL/2025/06521 which varied the original planning permission WP/19/00371/LBC to include various external alterations

Cider Apple Orchard The Orchard Chantmarle Lane Junction Chantmarle To Junction At Chalmington Firs Chalmington DT2 0HB

Non-material amendment to Planning Permission WD/D/20/003226 (Use of land for siting of 5 shepherd's huts with composting toilets, extension to barn to form taproom, cafe and farm shop and installation of temporary mobile home - Variation of condition 6 of planning approval WD/D/19/002097) - to remove the word 'temporary'.

Westbury House Valley Road Tarrant Gunville DT11 8JN

T1 - Small Ash - Remove. T2 - Elm - Remove. T3 - Elm - Raise crown to 5.2m above highway. T4 - Pear tree - Remove.

Land to the rear of 30-36 Westcliff Road Portland DT5 2HP

Erect building to form 2 Garages

29 Access Road To Grange Farm Colehill BH21 4HX

Single storey extension to the existing detached garage to provide a store/workshop. Removal of a section of existing native hedgerow and formation of a new vehicular access, with gate, and driveway entrance from the highway.

7 Willow Way Ferndown BH22 9SR

T1 Magnolia - Crown lift to 4-metres clearance from ground. - Prune away from both dwellings to 2-metres clearance. - Reduce height by 2-3 metres. T2 Pear - Reduce height by 2-3 metres. T3 Apple - Reduce by 1-2 metres. T4 Beech - Reduce and reshape by 1-2 metres. T5 Oak - Crown lift to 4-metres clearance from ground.

3 Durlston Road Swanage BH19 2DJ

T1 Corsican Pine - Remove (Fell).

51 Edmondsham Road Verwood BH31 7PA

Convert integral garage into habitable accommodation with first-floor extension including dormers at front and back.

74 Wareham Road Corfe Mullen BH21 3LG

Landscaping (Reserved matter for P/OUT/2026/00365- Demolish the existing bungalow and erect 8no. houses with shared vehicular access and parking)

Court Farm Mill Street Corfe Mullen BH21 3RH

Change of use of agricultural buildings to commercial use and associated parking.

14A Keysworth Drive Sandford Wareham BH20 7BD

Dead Scots Pine - Fell under Regulation 14 exemptions.

Launceston Farm Valley Road Tarrant Launceston DT11 8BY

Erection of open sided barn & enclosed room. Creations of a pond & associated landscaping

1 Monks Close West Moors BH22 0HE

T1 Scots Pine - Fell. T2 Scots Pine - Crown lift to 1 metre above power line.

50 Pinewood Road Ferndown BH22 9RR and 23 Larch Way Ferndown BH22 9SS

T1 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only T2 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards No. 50 by no more than 2 metres from the tips inward. T3 Monterey Pine (located at 23 Larch Way) - Remove the x2 lowest primary branches back to source which overhang the property.

3 Charlton Manor Charlton Marshall DT11 9NY

Erect two storey side extension to create integral single garage with accommodation over, erect front porch and erect single storey rear extension with roof lantern (Demolish existing detached garage and conservatory)

Manor Farm Red Lane Junction To Junction At Seaborough Court Seaborough DT8 3QY

Demolition of buildings and conversion & alteration of buildings to create 5no. dwellings, including formation of vehicular access & drive, erection of garaging & store (with variation of conditions 2 of planning permission P/VOC/2026/01856 - to amend layout)

65A Woolsbridge Road Ashley Heath BH24 2LX

T1 Oak - Crown lift to 4.5 metres above ground level over the driveway, by removal of secondary and tertiary branches only.

89A The Artists Studio Kings Road West Swanage BH19 1HN

Change of use of artists studio to new dwelling. Erect single storey side extension.