Planning application
The Old Rectory The Street Melbury Osmond DT2 0LU
Works: Trees
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
T1 Yew - Selective crown reduction of up to 30% – reshape to balance crown – to address die-back in the upper crown area and reduce laterals towards coach house where necessary T2 & T3 Yew - Shorten back lateral limbs facing the house to give 5m clearance from the building T4 Ash - Remove lowest limb over garden
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2026/00864
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2026/00864
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
- Received
- 13 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 23 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Yetminster Ward
- Parish
- Melbury Osmond
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT2 0LU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Feb 2026
Received by Dorset
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23 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
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14 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 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 documentsAfter the decision
The process from here
The council has decided this application; the published outcome sits in the record above and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail, including any conditions.
If permission was granted, work must normally begin within three years of the decision. If it was refused, the applicant can appeal within the statutory time limit or submit a revised scheme.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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