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
- Out To Consultation
- 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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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 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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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
Decided Trees 5 docs -
Wendover The Avenue Sherborne DT9 3AH
94% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct
T1 Copper Maple - Reduce in height 4m and shorten radius by 2-3m, prune to shape
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
Thornhill Lodge North Road Sherborne Dorset DT9 3JW
T1 Multi Stem Lime - Pollard down to 5m
Granted Trees 3 docs -
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St Crispins The Avenue Sherborne Dorset DT9 3AJ
T1 Beech, - Cut back to fence line any branches overhanging Field Lodge
Granted Trees 4 docsSmall domestic
Other tree works applications
In Dorset
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P/TRT/2026/04418 Granted
2 The Spinney Weymouth DT3 5DJ
T1 Lime - Crown raise by 4m
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P/TRT/2026/04419 Granted
15 Netherton Road Weymouth DT4 8SB
T1 Birch - Crown lift to 3m removing only tertiary branches and leaving no wounds larger than 30mm in dia. Reduce canopy to the east (overhanging the driveway of no 16) By no more than 1.5m including limbs that make up the top of the tree.
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P/TRC/2026/04446 Decided
The Malt House 23 High Street Compton Abbas Shaftesbury SP7 0NH
T1 - Conifer - Fell.
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P/TRC/2026/04904 Awaiting decision
The Spinney Candys Lane Shillingstone DT11 0SF
T1 - Silver Birch - Fell.
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P/TRC/2026/04885 Awaiting decision
Jonathan Cottage Ruscombe Lane West Milton DT6 3SL
T1 Sycamore - Reduce crown by approx 2m in height and up to approx 0.5m on sides T2 Ash - Reduce crown by approx 2m in height and approx up to 1m on sides