Planning application
P/TRT/2025/05538
39 Dudsbury Avenue Ferndown BH22 8DT
Proposal
Macrocarpa: Remove the secondary stem that is leaning towards the house.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2025/05538
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Sep 2025
Received by Dorset
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13 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Refused
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What refusal means
The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
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.
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P/TRT/2025/05378 Refused
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P/TRD/2026/03474 Granted
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P/TRT/2025/06175 Granted
23 Dudsbury Avenue Ferndown BH22 8DT
T1 Macrocarpa - Fell to ground level. T2 Macrocarpa - Fell to ground level. T3 Macrocarpa - Fell to ground level. There are no plans to replant because the garden already has an abundance of trees and various desirable species.
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P/TRT/2025/04973 Granted
23 Dudsbury Avenue Ferndown BH22 8DT
T1 Scots Pine: Cut back to allow 2-3 metres of clearance from BT lines. T2 Copper Beech: Reduce the crown by 10% all over (75cm-1m). Cut back lateral limbs to allow 2 metres clearance from building. T3 Cherry: Cut back lateral limb to allow line of site from dwelling window by up to 2m. T4 Cherry: Reduce height by 1-2m. Crown raise to 4m. T5 Cherry: Reduce height by 1-2m. Crown raise to 4m. T6 Macrocarpa: Reduce height by up to 4 metres. Crown raise to allow 5m clearance from ground level. Reduce laterally by up to 2m.
Other trees applications
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P/TRD/2026/04146 Awaiting decision
1 Cresta Gardens West Parley BH22 8LY
Remove damaged limb under regulation 14.
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P/TRC/2026/04135 Awaiting decision
St Wite House Gassons Lane Junction To Cothays Junction Whitchurch Canonicorum DT6 6RQ
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P/TRT/2026/04107 Awaiting decision
24 Bowey Okeford Fitzpaine DT11 0TR
T1 - Oak - Formatively prune away from building to gain a 1.5m clearance from the building.
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P/TRT/2026/04003 Awaiting decision
15 Highfield Road Corfe Mullen BH21 3PA
T3 Oak - Remove the 4x lowest lateral branches back to trunk to raise the crown to clear the garages. - 5x branches cut back to branch divide with end tip trimming to give a clearance of approximately 3 metres above the garages. - Crown clean by the removal of dead, dying, weak and crossing branches.
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P/TRC/2026/04131 Awaiting decision
16, 17 and 19 Stalbridge Close Stalbridge DT10 2ND
T1 - Willow - Fell and grind stump. T2 - Lilac - Cut back to boundary (3rd party ownership (common law pruning only). T3 - Elder - Prune away from shed by removing offending stems within 1.5m of shed and re-pollard to existing pollard points. T4 - Beech and Hornbeam (planted in close proximity to one another on boundary fence) - Crown raise to 3m from ground, remove all crossing branches, and reduce overhanging crown back to 1m from edge of paving slabs above washing drying area.