3 Oakwood Drive Iwerne Minster DT11 8QT

1. 23 Sep 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 2 Oct 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 6 Oct 2026

   Status changed to Awaiting Consultation Expiry

   Previously Out To Consultation.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 18 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.

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.

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.

• 4 Ash Grove Blandford Road Iwerne Minster DT11 8DR

  P/VOC/2026/03896 Submitted 16 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  Erect single storey rear extension (With Variation of condition 2 of planning permission P/HOU/2024/02335 to amend approved plans).

  Granted Amendments Extension 13 docs
  Small domestic

• Old Preston House Blandford Road Iwerne Minster DT11 8QN

  P/TRT/2024/05524 Submitted 26 Sep 2024 50 yards away

  T1 - Lombardy Poplar - Fell and replant with a Himalayan Birch.

  Granted Trees 10 docs

• Land South Of Brook Bungalow The Chalk Iwerne Minster

  P/TRC/2026/02802 Submitted 21 May 2026 150 yards away

  Ash - Remove.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 14 Oakwood Drive Iwerne Minster DT11 8QT

  P/TRC/2026/02232 Submitted 23 Apr 2026 150 yards away

  Chinese Juniper - Remove and grind stump. Western Red Cedar - Remove and grind stump.

  Granted Trees 7 docs

• Brook Bungalow The Chalk Iwerne Minster Blandford Forum DT11 8NA

  P/TRC/2026/00837 Submitted 11 Feb 2026 150 yards away

  T1 - Horse chestnut - Fell. T2 - Ash - Reduce by 4m as per annotated photograph. T3 - Ash - Reduce by 4m as per annotated photograph. T4 - Sycamore - Reduce by 4m and reshape crown as per annotated photograph. T5 - Horse chestnut - Reduce by 4m and reshape crown as per annotated photograph.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Blandford Road Iwerne Minster

  P/TRT/2026/05337 Submitted 25 Sep 2026 200 yards away

  95% historically approved · decision due ~20 Nov

  G1 - Various - Crown lift to 5m by removal of limbs overhanging the existing track.

  Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs

• 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.

  Received 15 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• 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.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRT/2026/04799 Refused

  14 Nuthatch Close Ferndown BH22 9QJ

  Pine - Fell.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/05079 Granted

  Church Farmhouse Church Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DB

  T1 - Plum tree - Remove.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• 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

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Trees