Planning application
5 Keysworth Drive Sandford BH20 7BD
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 & T2 Scots Pine (dead trees) - Remove under Regulation 14 (S198)
As published by the council, reference P/TRD/2026/04633
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRD/2026/04633
- Type
- Tree Dead Or Dangerous
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Tree Works - Reg 14 - Does not require consent
- Received
- 24 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 24 Aug 2026
- Decided
- 25 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Wareham Ward
- Parish
- Wareham St. Martin
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH20 7BD
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Aug 2026
Received by Dorset
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25 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - Reg 14 - Does not require consent
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26 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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 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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3 Keysworth Drive Sandford BH20 7BD and 5 Keysworth Drive Sandford BH20 7BD
T1 Silver Birch - Reduce all around by up to 1-2m. T2 Cherry tree - Crown raise to 4m over the footpath and driveway. T3 Silver Birch - Fell to ground level. T4 Scots Pine (located at 5 Keysworth Drive) - branch reduction of lowest branch by max 1m and removal of the tertiary drooping limb. Next upper limb reduction of max 1m length as shown on the photograph T5 Cypress - Fell and stump grind. T6 Oak (located at 5 Keysworth Drive) - Reduce canopy overhanging 3 Keysworth Drive by up to 1-2m. T7 Maritime Pine - Remove lowest limb. T8 Oak - Crown raise to a height of 3m above ground level. Replacement planting for trees T3 and T5: Japanese maple and a fruit tree (potentially cherry or apple) be planted in the same area as the trees to be felled. For information only: T9 Rhododendron - Reduce down to hedge height. Approximately 1-2m height reduction. H1 Cupressus x leylandii - Trim hedge at front of property down to fence height (only trimming minor new growth). H2 Mix hedge line - Trim all hedges within the rear garden along each boundary.
Split decision Trees 4 docsSmall domestic -
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9 Keysworth Drive Sandford Wareham BH20 7BD
Scots Pine (x2) (Dead) - Fell. Scots Pine trees (x2), Birch tree and Beech - Remove due to root plate failure.
Granted Trees 2 docs -
16 Cedar Drive Sandford BH20 7QB
T1 Scots Pine - Crown thin removing overall 10% of canopy 'leaf' density, removing only tertiary branches. T2 Scots Pine - Crown thin removing overall 10% of canopy 'leaf' density, removing only tertiary branches. T3 Scots Pine - Crown thin removing overall 10% of canopy 'leaf' density, removing only tertiary branches. T4 Scots Pine - Crown thin removing overall 10% of canopy 'leaf' density, removing only tertiary branches.
Refused Trees 4 docs -
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4 Keysworth Drive Sandford BH20 7BD
T1 Douglas Fir: Prune 3 x elongated limbs over neighbouring garden from tips inwards by 2-2.5 metres to suitable growth points. (As indicated in annotated photograph)
Granted Trees 5 docs
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