Planning application
The Axium Centre Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6FE
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
T1 English Oak: Undertake an upper crown reduction of no more than 1.5m and a lateral branch reduction of no more than 1.2m from the tips inwards. Ensuring that no pruning wounds exceed 65mm in diameter and that all cuts are brought back to viable growth points. Works will be carried out in accordance with BS3998:2010 using sympathetic pruning techniques.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2025/07560
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2025/07560
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Tree Works - TPO - Refused
- Received
- 22 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 22 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 23 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
- Parish
- Lytchett Minster and Upton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH16 6FE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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P/TRT/2025/06308 Split decision
The Axium Centre Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6FE
T1 English Oak - Undertake an upper crown reduction of 3m and a lateral branch reduction of 2m. T2 Scots Pine - Reduce primary branch growing in a NE direction by 3m to suitable growth point (as indicated in annotated photo). T3 Scots Pine - Remove decaying branch at 11m on E aspect (as indicated in annotated photo). T5 English Oak - Reduce all lateral growth growing in a N direction by 2m.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Dec 2025
Received by Dorset
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23 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Refused
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26 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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