Planning application
1 Abbeymead Court The Old School Place Sherborne DT9 3AU
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - T5 London Plane - Crown lift up to a height of 5m over highway & reduce by 4m back down to previous pruning points.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2026/00653
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2026/00653
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
- Received
- 4 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 4 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 3 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Sherborne West Ward
- Parish
- Sherborne
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT9 3AU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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P/TRC/2024/07456 Granted
1 Abbeymead Court The Old School Place Sherborne DT9 3AU
T1 Sycamore - Full crown reduction by 2-3m G2 Silver Birch - Full crown reduction by 2-3m
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Feb 2026
Received by Dorset
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3 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
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11 Aug 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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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 3 March 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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1 Abbeymead Court The Old School Place Sherborne DT9 3AU
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P/TRT/2026/04963 Granted
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P/TRT/2026/04965 Granted
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P/TRT/2026/04799 Refused
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P/TRC/2026/05079 Granted
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