Planning application
The Wilderness French Mill Lane Shaftesbury
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Consultation from the Forestry Commission for thinning of woodland.
As published by the council, reference P/TCO/2025/06652
Application record
- Reference
- P/TCO/2025/06652
- Type
- Tree Works - Consultations
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works - Felling - No Objection
- Received
- 6 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 6 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 14 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town Ward
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Nov 2025
Received by Dorset
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14 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works - Felling - No Objection
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26 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 14 November 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.
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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