Land adjacent to Hope Cottage 1 Chantry Mews Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9FA

1. 6 Oct 2025

   Received by Dorset

2. 30 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Split

3. 26 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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.

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.

• St Mary's Church Turnpike Road Motcombe

  P/TRC/2023/01034 Submitted 14 Feb 2023 250 yards away

  T1 - Scots Pine - Remove completely and replace with 1x Scots pine (amended proposal)

  Granted Trees 3 docs

• 1 & 2 Church Walk Motcombe SP7 9NU

  P/LBC/2023/00259 Submitted 20 Jan 2023 300 yards away

  Replace front door & rear extension french doors with flood doors to No. 1 Church Walk. Replace front door, rear extension french doors and shed door with flood doors to No. 2 Church Walk.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension Windows or glazing 25 docs
  Small domestic

• Little Thatch 5 Church Walk Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9NU

  P/TRC/2023/02032 Submitted 5 Apr 2023 300 yards away

  T1 - Cherry - Reduce overhanging branches over neighbouring property (no. 6 Church Walk) by up to 1.5m (to growth points nearest the hedge).

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 6 Church Walk Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9NU

  P/TRC/2023/02148 Submitted 12 Apr 2023 300 yards away

  T1 - Apple - Reduce crown by 1-1.5m in height and 0.5m in width. Thin crown by 30%.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Moot Cottage Bittles Green Motcombe SP7 9NT

  P/TRC/2026/01219 Submitted 3 Mar 2026 350 yards away

  Oak - Fell.

  Granted Trees 9 docs

• The Gardens Motcombe Park Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9NS

  P/FUL/2023/01103 Submitted 22 Feb 2023 350 yards away

  Continue use of the land as residential garden

  Granted Full applications 11 docs

• P/TRT/2026/04963 Granted

  50 Pinewood Road Ferndown BH22 9RR and 23 Larch Way Ferndown BH22 9SS

  T1 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only T2 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards No. 50 by no more than 2 metres from the tips inward. T3 Monterey Pine (located at 23 Larch Way) - Remove the x2 lowest primary branches back to source which overhang the property.

  Received 15 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRT/2026/04965 Granted

  Land adjoining 56 The Curlews Verwood BH31 6NU

  T4 Quercus Robur - Reduce lower limbs to allow for 3-metres clearance from the roof of the property.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRT/2026/04799 Refused

  14 Nuthatch Close Ferndown BH22 9QJ

  Pine - Fell.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/05079 Granted

  Church Farmhouse Church Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DB

  T1 - Plum tree - Remove.

  Received 14 Sep, published by the council 22 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/05571 Awaiting decision

  11 Highacres Loders DT6 3UJ

  T1 Silver Birch - Reduce height by approx 1m and sides by 0.2m approx

  Received 7 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Trees