Planning application
P/TRT/2025/07560
The Axium Centre Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6FE
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
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
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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