Planning application
Old School House Tout Hill Shaftesbury SP7 8LX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Beech - Crown lift by removing low branches to provide 4-5m of separation from ground level and reduce lateral growth towards house by 2-3m.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2025/07332
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2025/07332
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
- Received
- 9 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 2 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town Ward
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 8LX
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/2026/03851 Granted
Old School House Tout Hill Shaftesbury SP7 8LX
T1 - Ash - Fell. T2 - Ash - Fell. T3 - Birch - Reduce crown by 4m and reshape as per annotated photograph.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Dec 2025
Received by Dorset
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2 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
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26 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 2 January 2026, 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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