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Land to the rear of 19 Hillbury Park Hillbury Road Alderholt SP6 3BW

Split decision Dorset P/TRT/2025/04538 Tree Works- TPO

Works: Trees Small domestic

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

Part of this application was approved and part refused. The decision notice on the council portal sets out which is which.

Proposal

T1 Oak: Reduce the limb towards the home by 1-2 metres to just behind the previous pruning point (as annotated photograph). Crown lift the canopy to 5 metres (as annotated photograph). Thin the epicormic growth by 10%. T2 Cherry: Prune the overhanging limbs only back to suitable growth points either on or behind the fence line (as annotated photograph).

As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2025/04538

Application record

Reference
P/TRT/2025/04538
Type
Tree Works- TPO
Status
Split Decision
Decision
Part approved, part refused As published: Tree Works - TPO - Split
Received
11 Aug 2025
Validated
11 Aug 2025
Decided
11 Sep 2025
Ward
Cranborne and Alderholt Ward
Parish
Alderholt
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
SP6 3BW

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2025

    Received by Dorset

  2. 11 Sep 2025

    Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Split

  3. 11 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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After the decision

Dorset has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. 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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