Planning application
Warmwell Holiday Park (Parkdean) Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways Dorchester DT2 8JE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Remove 4 Silver BIrch under regulation 14.
As published by the council, reference P/TRD/2024/07345
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRD/2024/07345
- Type
- Tree Dead Or Dangerous
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - Reg 14 - Does not require consent
- Received
- 11 Dec 2024
- Validated
- 11 Dec 2024
- Decided
- 17 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Crossways Ward
- Parish
- Crossways
- Postcode
- DT2 8JE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2024
Received by Dorset
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17 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Tree Works - Reg 14 - Does not require consent
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3 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 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 a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Parkdean Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways Dorchester DT2 8JE
The following works to be undertaken under regulation 14: T1 - Silver Birch - Remove. T2 - Willow - Reduce in height by 3m. T3 - Oak - Reduce to a monolith just above the main stem union.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways DT2 8JE
94% historically approved · decision due ~17 Sep
T3, T15, T16, T17, T18, T19, T22, T23, T24, & T29 (Birch x10) - Fell. T5 - Scots Pine - Fell. T20 (Pedunculate Oak) - Dismantle to ground level. Consideration will be given to retaining part of the stem as a standing monolith where this can be achieved safely, subject to a risk assessment taking account of the tree's elevated position and surrounding targets. T31 (Pedunculate Oak) - Raise crown to 2.5m over path and 5.2m over road. T33 (Willow) - Pollard at 5m. NB: All other works specified in the tree survey are exempt or have been dealt with under a regulation 14 notice (T8). Replacement planting will be incorporated into a comprehensive replacement tree planting scheme for 2027. The replacement planting programme will be developed in consultation with the tree officer with proposed species and planting locations to be agreed prior to implementation.
Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs -
Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways DT2 8JE
The following tree works to all trees on the entire site: - Remove deadwood. - Remove hanging, broken and detached branches where present. - Crown lift trees across the site to provide a clearance of up to 5.2 metres over the internal roads and up to 3m over footpaths (crown lifting limited to the pruning of tertiary and secondary branches and epicormic growth only). - Prune all trees surrounding lodges to provide a clearance of up to 1.5 metres from the caravan elevations by pruning tertiary and secondary branches and epicormic growth only, retaining the natural form and character of each tree. - Crown raise and prune low-hanging branches within borders and hedgerows where they overhang footpaths by up to 1 metre, using the pruning of tertiary and secondary branches and epicormic growth only. - Remove snapped, failed or dangerous limbs where necessary to make trees safe where such works fall within the scope of Regulation 14 exemptions.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways DT2 8JE
G1 - Willow, Birch and Alder (trees and associated vegetation situated on the lake bank adjacent to Lodges 1–11): - Create and maintain eleven view corridors as shown on Drawing The lakes Plan set in front of Lodges 1 to 11 with the bank estimated at 142 metres in length. Each area will not exceed 1.5 metres in width measured along the lakeside frontage. - Within these corridors, remove selected Willow, Alder and Birch stems up to a maximum 100mm diameter and coppice Alder and Willow stools as necessary to maintain views. - Crown raise and prune selected trees within and immediately adjacent to the view corridors by removing secondary and suppressed lower or mid-level branches only, where applicable to provide a maximum crown clearance of 2 metres above ground level or set from the aspect of the veranda. - Each area will selectively reduce and prune tertiary and secondary branches only and thinning aspects by 20 - 25% - Each aspect / opening will be created as a natural setting to allow light and give a visual to the lake from the lodges’ verandas. No aspects will be cut into block windows. Replacement Trees: No replacement planting is proposed as part of these works. Any trees removed will be limited to small dead specimens that do not make a significant contribution to the overall tree group or its amenity value. Should any tree of greater significance be identified during the course of the works, it will be retained where practicable. Where retention is not feasible, it will be appropriately accounted for.
Granted Trees 24 docs -
Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways DT2 8JE
T1 Silver Birch - Fell T2 Willow & Silver Birch - Fell T3 Silver Birch - Fell T4 Silver Birch - Fell T5 Silver Birch - Fell T6 Silver Birch - Fell T7 Silver Birch - Fell T8 Oak - Selectively reduce the laterals by 3 - 4m back to suitable growth points, retaining a natural crown form (pruning cuts should not exceed 80mm in diameter). T9 Willow - Fell T10 Willow - Fell T11 Willow - Fell T12 Silver Birch - Fell T13 Silver Birch - Fell T14 Willow - Fell
Granted Trees 18 docs -
Parkdean Warmwell Leisure Resort Warmwell Road Crossways Dorchester DT2 8JE
T1 - Silver Birch - Remove under regulation 14.
Granted Trees 9 docs
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