Planning application
P/TRT/2025/07000
Cannfield Farm Lodge Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE
Proposal
T1 - Lime - Raise crown to 5-6m from the ground, reduce crown height by 5-6m, reduce lateral branches by 2-3m, and remove all epicormic growth as indicated in annotated photograph.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2025/07000
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Nov 2025
Received by Dorset
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18 Dec 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.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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P/TRT/2026/00230 Granted
Cannfield Farm Lodge Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE
T1 - Lime - Raise crown to 5 metres from the highway. Reduce crown by 3 metres all over as per annotated photographs. Remove all epicormic growth.
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P/CLE/2026/03617 Awaiting decision
Southbank Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE
Use of existing dwelling without compliance with condition 1 of planning permission P/CLE/2022/04672 (i.e. without compliance with agricultural occupation limitation)
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P/FUL/2025/06847 Awaiting decision
Southbank Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE
Erect 10 no. dwellings with new and amended accesses and change use of land to the rear to be used as open space and Class F.1 Non-residential Institution use with associated parking area, and form new footway to the west side of the B3081.
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P/CLE/2026/03124 Withdrawn
Unit 5 Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann Shaftesbury SP7 0EB
Certificate of lawfulness to continue the use of the unit as industrial (class E(g)(iii)) and storage (B8) business unit)
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P/FUL/2026/03627 Awaiting decision
Melbury Workshops Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EB
Erection of 2no. single-storey light industrial/ storage buildings with associated parking & access
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P/PAEW/2024/06339 Granted
Cannfield Farm Higher Blandford Road Cann SP7 0EE
Form slurry storage lagoon and carry out associated land re-profiling.
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P/TRT/2026/04107 Awaiting decision
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P/TRT/2026/04003 Awaiting decision
15 Highfield Road Corfe Mullen BH21 3PA
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P/TRC/2026/04131 Awaiting decision
16, 17 and 19 Stalbridge Close Stalbridge DT10 2ND
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