Planning application
Tall Trees The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Gleditsia - Reduce in height 2m & shorten radius by up to 3m T2 Lime - Re-pollard back to previous cut points and remove epicormic growth up the main trunk
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2026/04841
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2026/04841
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Under Officer Consideration
- Received
- 3 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 3 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Sherborne East Ward
- Parish
- Sherborne
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT9 3AH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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P/TRC/2024/07072 Granted
Tall Trees The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH
T1 Thuja Cypress - Reduce height by 2m & trim sides to clear cables
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Sep 2026
Received by Dorset
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9 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 Oct 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 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 39 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
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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.
Nearby applications
Within 0.3 miles
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Tall Trees The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH
T1 Thuja Cypress - Reduce height by 2m & trim sides to clear cables
Granted Trees 3 docs -
7 Albert Row Sherborne DT9 3JR
T1 Lime - Crown lift by less than 1m & reduce branches on southern side of crown by up to 60cm
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Field Lodge The Avenue Sherborne Dorset DT9 3AH
T1 Beech - Reduce in height by 5m and prune over to shape up
Decided Trees 7 docs -
Wendover The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH
T1 Copper Maple - Reduce in height 4m and shorten radius by 2-3m, prune to shape
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Thornhill Lodge North Road Sherborne Dorset DT9 3JW
T1 Multi Stem Lime - Pollard down to 5m
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Other tree works applications
In Dorset
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P/TRT/2026/04963 Granted
50 Pinewood Road Ferndown BH22 9RR and 23 Larch Way Ferndown BH22 9SS
T1 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only T2 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards No. 50 by no more than 2 metres from the tips inward. T3 Monterey Pine (located at 23 Larch Way) - Remove the x2 lowest primary branches back to source which overhang the property.
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P/TRT/2026/04965 Granted
Land adjoining 56 The Curlews Verwood BH31 6NU
T4 Quercus Robur - Reduce lower limbs to allow for 3-metres clearance from the roof of the property.
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P/TRT/2026/04799 Refused
14 Nuthatch Close Ferndown BH22 9QJ
Pine - Fell.
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P/TRC/2026/05079 Granted
Church Farmhouse Church Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DB
T1 - Plum tree - Remove.
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P/TRC/2026/05571 Awaiting decision
11 Highacres Loders DT6 3UJ
T1 Silver Birch - Reduce height by approx 1m and sides by 0.2m approx