Planning application
Digby Hall Hound Street Sherborne DT9 3AA
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T2 - Horse Chestnut - Prune to clear lamp column by 2m and crown lift to 5m from ground. T4 - Silver Birch - Prune to clear buildings by 2m. T6 - Swedish Whitebeam - Fell to ground level. T9 - Horse Chestnut - Re-pollard. T10 - Horse Chestnut - Re-pollard.
As published by the council, reference P/TRC/2026/05257
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRC/2026/05257
- Type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Status
- Awaiting Consultation Expiry
- Received
- 22 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 22 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Sherborne East Ward
- Parish
- Sherborne
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- DT9 3AA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Sep 2026
Received by Dorset
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2 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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8 Oct 2026
Status changed to Awaiting Consultation Expiry
Previously Out To Consultation.
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 November 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
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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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.
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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