Planning application
Old School House Church Hill Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8LL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Blackthorn - Remove. T2 - Leylandii - Reduce to 13m in height and 12m in width at its widest point, bringing it down to the smaller Lleylandii to the right. T3 - Cherry - Reduce to 14m in height and 7m in width. T4 - Goat Willow - Reduce to 14m in height and 10m in width. T5 - Silver Birch - Reduced height to 13m and remove lower limbs as per annotated photograph. T6 - Oak - Raise crown from 3m to 5m from ground level and remove the lower 2 limb as shown in the annotated photograph.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2023/01672
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2023/01672
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works - CA - No Objection
- Received
- 31 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 2 May 2023
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town Ward
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 8LL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 Mar 2023
Received by Dorset
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2 May 2023
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - No Objection
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3 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Dorset granted permission on 2 May 2023, 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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