Planning application
Church Cottage Highgate Lane West Knighton DT2 8PF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Birch (T1) - Tidy up the top by carrying out correct pruning cuts after SSE lower the tree & prune the sides all around by 1-1.25m
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2025/05908
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2025/05908
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - CA - No Objection
- Received
- 7 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 7 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 4 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Winterborne and Broadmayne Ward
- Parish
- West Knighton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT2 8PF
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/TRC/2025/06947 Granted
Church Cottage Highgate Lane West Knighton DT2 8PF
T1 & T2 Turkey Oak - Crown reduce northern (garden) lateral spread by removal of up to 1.25m T3 Beech - Reduce height by 2m and crown by 1m T4 Beech - Reduce height and crown spread all around by 1 - 1.25m
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Oct 2025
Received by Dorset
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4 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - No Objection
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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 4 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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