Planning application
St Marys Church Church Walk Gillingham
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T194 - Cherry - Reduce the long limb extending west over path by 2m.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2025/05874
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2025/05874
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - CA - No Objection
- Received
- 3 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 3 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 28 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- Parish
- Gillingham
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P/NMA/2025/07614 Granted
St Marys Church Church Walk Gillingham
Non-material amendment - to change the material from Resin Bond to Resin Bound; to Planning Permission No. P/FUL/2025/03786. (Resurface the paths).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Oct 2025
Received by Dorset
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28 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - No Objection
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26 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 28 October 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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