Planning application
Elm Tree Cottage War Memorial To Amen Corner Gussage All Saints BH21 5ET
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Hawthorne - Reduce height by 2 metres. T2 Beach - Remove x4 lower secondary branches. T3 Ash - Remove x2 lower lateral branches. T4 Oak - Remove x1 lower lateral and x2 secondary branches. T5 Horse Chestnut - Fell.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2026/04571
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2026/04571
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting Consultation Expiry
- Received
- 20 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 20 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Cranborne Chase Ward
- Parish
- Gussage All Saints
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH21 5ET
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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22 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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29 Aug 2026
Status changed to Awaiting Consultation Expiry
Previously Out To Consultation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 October 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Dorset took a median of 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 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 happens while it is decided
This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided tree works applications in a median of 26 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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T1 Lime: Crown raise roadside to 5.2 metres. T3 Beech: Crown clear the service wires by up to 1 metre. T4 Copper Beech: (located Chase Walk): Reduce long laterals growing over Summerhill property by up to 1.5 metres. T5 Lime: Crown raise to approximately 2.5 metres. T6 Cherry: Reduce back from the service wires by up to 1 metre. T7 Beech: Crown clear the service wires by up to 1 metre.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
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T1 Fig tree - Fell by sections to just above ground level. T2 Yew tree – Crown lift to no more than 2.5m from ground level to the level of the red line as indicated in the annotated photo submitted and by the pruning of tertiary and secondary branches only (amended description of works). T3 Dead/Declining Cherry - Fell to just above ground level.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
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Decided Trees 4 docs -
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T1 Walnut: Remove x 2 lateral branches (as indicated in the annotated photo submitted). T2 Beech: Remove x 2 lower primary branches (as indicated in the annotated photo submitted). Reduce x 1 primary branch by 3m (as indicated in the annotated photo submitted).
Granted Trees 4 docs -
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Rear of property T1 Cypress - Fell by sections to just above ground level. T2 Crack Willow - Pollard crown reducing canopy to 5ft above ground level.
Decided Trees 4 docs
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