Planning application
24 St James Street Shaftesbury SP7 8HE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Willow - Remove dead wood
As published by the council, reference P/TRD/2026/01509
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRD/2026/01509
- Type
- Tree Dead Or Dangerous
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - Reg 14 - Does not require consent
- Received
- 17 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 17 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 18 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town Ward
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 8HE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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18 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - Reg 14 - Does not require consent
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 18 March 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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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Raising of existing chimney stack to comply with building regulations and insurance requirements.
Granted Heritage and listed buildings 11 docs -
St James Park, Jubille Steps and Pine Walk Shaftesbury
1 - Sycamore and Hazel - Remove young Sycamore sapling and coppice Hazel. 2 - Spindle bush - Reduce height by 2m. 3 - Ash - Fell to low stump. 4 - Cherry Plums - Reduce height by 2m. 5 - Damson - Remove to 1ft stump. 6 - Sycamore x2 - Fell to low stumps. 7 - Oak - Fell to low stump. 8 - Sycamore stems - Remove.
Decided Trees 4 docs -
The Park Jubilee Path Shaftesbury
T2 - Service tree - Fell (died since inspection). T11 - Sycamore - Reduce crown by 3m. T48 - Willow - Reduce main leader by 4m. T49 - Cherry - Remove defective branch with crack. T55 - Maple - Remove crossing branches, crown reduce southwest section of canopy by 2m and remaining canopy by 1m to match. T59 - Holly - Crown raise over path to 2.3m from ground.
Decided Trees 5 docs -
22 St James Street Shaftesbury SP7 8HE
T1 - Apple - Reduce crown by 10ft all over. T2 - Chestnut - Reduce crown by 10ft all over. T3 - Hornbeam - Reduce crown by 8ft all over. T4, T5 and T6 - Cherry - Pollard to previous pollard points. T7 and T8 - Chestnut - Reduce crown by 6ft all over. T9 - Cherry - Pollard to previous pollard points. T10 - Thorn - Reduce to height of neighbouring gutter. T11 - Beech - Raise crown to 3.5m from ground.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
Land at The Park Jubilee Path Shaftesbury
15 - Cherry - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over. 19 - Pear - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over. 20 - Pear - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over. 21 - Pear - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over. 22 - Apple - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over. 23 - Apple - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over, and reduce length of leaning stem by 2m for balance. 26 - Apple - Formative prune of 0.5m to 1.0m all over. 27 - Apple - Formative prune, and remove broken branch.
Decided Trees 4 docs
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