Land to the west of Harbour School, Bovington Lane, Bovington, BH20 6PF

1. 5 Dec 2024

   Received by Dorset

2. 14 Jan 2025

   Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - No Objection

3. 22 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Dorset granted permission on 14 January 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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.

• The Harbour School Cologne Road Bovington BH20 6PF

  P/TRT/2026/01428 Submitted 16 Mar 2026 250 yards away

  169 - Downy Birch - Crown lift canopy to 3m above car park. 170 - Silver Birch - Fell to ground level. 171 - Beech - Crown lift canopy to 3m above car park and footpath. 174 - Hornbeam - Crown lift to 3m over car park. 176 - Beech - Crown lift over footpath to 3m. 183 - English Oak - Remove lowest limb over road to junction approximately 40cm above trunk union, as indicated in the annotated photo submitted. 188 - Black Poplar - Crown lift to 5.2m over the road. 189 - Black Poplar - Crown lift to 5.2m over the road. 191 - Silver Birch - Fell to ground level. 202 - Black Poplar - Fell to ground level. 221 - Silver Birch - Crown lift to 3m. 225 - Silver Birch - Reduce subordinate stem by 3-4m to suitable growth points. 227 - Rowan - Fell to ground level. 228 - Ash - Fell to ground level. 230 - Ash - Fell to ground level. 231 - Yew - Fell to ground level. 232 - Common Lime - Reduce subordinate stem by 1-2m to suitable growth points. 235 - Downy Birch - Remove epicormic shoots to a height of 4m from ground level (amended description of works).

  Granted Trees 6 docs

• The Harbour School Cologne Road Bovington BH20 6PF

  P/TRT/2023/01542 Submitted 14 Mar 2023 300 yards away

  T171 Beech - Crown lift branch tips to 3.5m over car park. T172 Silver Birch - Remove deadwood over 30mm in diameter. T174 Hornbeam - Crown lift lower branches (not exceeding 50mm in diameter) to 3.5m over car park for vehicular access. T175 Oak - Remove deadwood over 30mm in diameter. T179 Beech - Selectively reduce height and lateral spread of peripheral branch framework on lowest limb extending northwards by around 2m. Crown lift branch tips to 3.5m over car park. T183 Oak - Remove deadwood over 30mm in diameter. T185 Poplar - Selectively reduce primary branches in low to mid crown, with an axis greater than 45 degrees off the vertical, by up to 3m in length to reduce leverage. T186 Birch - Fell. T189 Poplar - Remove small, shattered branch at 4.5 metres over pavement. Reduce central stem with lost top down to c. 1 metre below fracture point as per tree report. T190 Oak - Remove shattered and hanging branches but retain shattered snag for regeneration of new growth. Remove lowest branch extending to the south to attain a balanced and uniform crown shape. Remove lowest dead branch extending to the east. As per tree report. T191 Birch - Remove dead, hanging branch in centre of crown at c. 7m above ground level. T193 Poplar - Selectively reduce horizontal branches at c. 8m above ground level extending eastwards over lawn by c. 5m in length to reduce leverage. T195 Poplar - Selectively reduce secondary branch extending to the north-east at c. 15 metres above ground level with a long axial crack by c. 5m in length to reduce leverage. Reduce adjacent co-dominant secondary branch by 4m in length to reduce exposure following reduction of adjacent branch as per tree report. T196 Poplar - Fell. T198 Poplar - Remove subsided branch on east side at c. 13m above ground level. T200 Poplar - Fell. T202 Poplar - Selectively reduce overextended primary branch to east at c. 14m above ground level by c. 5m in length to reduce leverage. Selectively reduce overextended primary branch to west at c. 8m above ground level by c. 4m in length to reduce leverage as per tree report. T205 Poplar - Remove lowest primary branch extended south westward with torsional crack. T208 Poplar - Fell. T215 Poplar - Selectively reduce cracked branch at 8m on west side by c. 3m in length as per tree report. T216 Poplar - Reduce crown in height by up to 5m, and lateral spread on east side by 3m as per tree report. T217 Poplar. Reduce crown in height by up to 5m, and lateral spread on east side by 3m as per tree report. T219 Birch - Prune out small broken branch on south side at 5m above ground. T228 Ash - Remove deadwood. T230 Ash - Remove deadwood. T231 Lime - Fell. T233 Tulip tree - Selectively reduce the length/height of tips on lowest primary branch extending to south-east by c. 3m and lateral secondary branches on same primary by c. 1.5m, as per tree report. Install Cobra brace. Remove deadwood over 30mm diameter and / or 1 metre in length. T234 Birch - Fell. T238 Oak - Remove deadwood. T239 Oak - Remove deadwood. T245 Oak - Remove deadwood. T246 Oak - Remove deadwood. T250 Laurel - Crown lift to 3m over pathways. T253 Cherry - Remove dead branch. T256 Cherry - Remove deadwood. T261 Lime - Selectively reduce the primary branch extending west at 5.5m above ground level on the west stem by c. 3m in length back to a suitable node to reduce load. T270 Beech - Remove deadwood. T271A-F Beech - Remove deadwood. T272 Sycamore - Remove deadwood. T278 Sycamore - Remove deadwood. T282 Oak - Fell. Attached tree report has descriptions and reasons for all tree works - please refer to this document for full details. Replanting not planned as there are many trees already on site and any removals are due to unsafe or dead specimens.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• The Harbour School Cologne Road Bovington Wareham BH20 6PF

  P/TRD/2026/04734 Submitted 26 Aug 2026 300 yards away

  T280 - Birch (image 5) - Dead with lifted rootball and large limb resting on the fence - Fell to ground level. Species unknown (image 6) - Remove overhanging dead limb.

  Granted Trees 2 docs
  Small domestic

• 16A Cologne Road Bovington BH20 6NR

  P/TRT/2023/01290 Submitted 3 Mar 2023 0.3 miles away

  Silver Birch - Fell. Replant with Silver Birch as near as possible to the location of the tree to be removed.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• P/TRT/2026/04365 Granted

  26-30 Unit 2 Canford Bottom Colehill BH21 2HD

  Leyland Cypress (red circle) - Fell.

  Received 11 Aug, published by the council 15 Aug 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/05153 Awaiting decision

  5 Shooters Paddock Layton Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8AB

  T1 & T3 - Willow - Pollard to 7m from ground. T2 - Common Hazel - Reduce height by 2m and lateral spread by 1m. T6 - Hawthorn - Reduce crown to clear building by a maximum of 1.5m.

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/05152 Awaiting decision

  4 Shooters Paddock Layton Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8AB

  T4 - Willow - Pollard to 7m from ground. T5 - Common Ash - Reduce crown to 7ft from ground. H1 - Mixed hedge - Reduce back to edge of retaining wall.

  Received 21 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/04604 Granted

  8 Duck Street Cerne Abbas DT2 7LA

  T1 Birch - Fell

  Received 20 Aug, published by the council 26 Aug 2026 Trees
• P/TRT/2026/04351 Withdrawn

  2 Grange Park Thornford DT9 6QG

  T1 Beech - Reduce the whole canopy by approx 2.5-3m

  Received 10 Aug, published by the council 13 Aug 2026 Trees