Planning application
31 Hilltop Road Ferndown BH22 9QT
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Oak (EDDC/HA/290): Reduce branches overhanging 23 Larks Close to create a 2.5m separation from the building.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2025/06632
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2025/06632
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree Works - TPO - Consent
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 24 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Ferndown North Ward
- Parish
- Ferndown Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH22 9QT
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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P/CLP/2026/03691 Refused
31 Hilltop Road Ferndown BH22 9QT
Lawful Development Certificate to confirm that the erection of an outbuilding and swimming pool incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling known as 31 Hilltop Road is lawful under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the General Permitted Development Order (2015 as amended).
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P/PAED/2026/01617 Granted
31 Hilltop Road Ferndown BH22 9QT
Raise the roof from 5.73m to 8.33m to create an additional storey
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by Dorset
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24 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Consent
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26 Jul 2026
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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 24 December 2025, 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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31 Hilltop Road Ferndown BH22 9QT
Lawful Development Certificate to confirm that the erection of an outbuilding and swimming pool incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling known as 31 Hilltop Road is lawful under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class E of the General Permitted Development Order (2015 as amended).
Refused Lawful development 10 docsSmall domestic -
31 Hilltop Road Ferndown BH22 9QT
Raise the roof from 5.73m to 8.33m to create an additional storey
Granted Prior approval 19 docs -
10 Autumn Close Ferndown BH22 9SX
Oak: Crown thin by 40%. Cut back branches overhanging 8 Autumn Close to property boundary. Remove lowest branch as circled on submitted photograph.
Split decision Trees 4 docs -
1 Siskin Close Ferndown BH22 9RB
Single storey extension to the front of the property. (remove existing conservatory).
Granted Householder Extension 9 docsSmall domestic -
20 Hilltop Road Ferndown BH22 9QS
Proposed siting of a mobile home (garden annexe) for ancillary residential use within the curtilage of the dwellinghouse. under the Caravans Act 1968”
Granted Lawful development 10 docsDomestic -
16 Siskin Close Ferndown BH22 9RB
T1 Oak - Carry out a light, selective crown reduction of up to 1–1.5 metres on specific lateral branches only, targeting limbs that have grown disproportionately over the garden area. No height reduction is proposed. - Undertake a crown thin of approximately 10–15%, focusing on the removal of crossing, congested or poorly formed internal branches. T2 Oak - Carry out a light, selective crown reduction of up to 1–1.5 metres on specific lateral branches only, targeting limbs that have grown disproportionately over the garden area. No height reduction is proposed. - Undertake a crown thin of approximately 10–15%, focusing on the removal of crossing, congested or poorly formed internal branches. All cuts will be minimal-diameter and will follow BS3998:2010 Tree Work – Recommendations, using natural target pruning to maintain healthy growth points and avoid large wounds.
Granted Trees 4 docs
Other tree works applications
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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.
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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.
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P/TRT/2026/04799 Refused
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Pine - Fell.
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P/TRC/2026/05079 Granted
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P/TRC/2026/05571 Awaiting decision
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