Planning application
Sherborne Police Station Digby Road Sherborne DT9 3NL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Paper bark maple - Crown lift to limbs that overhang the car park to 2.2m. Reduce face to the northeast that overhangs the pedestrian walkway vertically, creating a 30cm clearance between the tree and the hand rail.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2026/03812
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2026/03812
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
- Received
- 14 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 14 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 6 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Sherborne West Ward
- Parish
- Sherborne
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT9 3NL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Jul 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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6 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
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11 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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 6 August 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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