Planning application
Collyer's Brook Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Ash - Fell. T2 - Alder - Fell.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2025/06977
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2025/06977
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
- Received
- 21 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 21 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 16 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- Parish
- Fontmell Magna
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 0NU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Nov 2025
Received by Dorset
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16 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
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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
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 16 December 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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Lynchets Mill Street Fontmell Magna SP7 0NU
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Granted Trees 4 docs -
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Granted Trees 4 docs
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