Planning application
Sweet Chestnut Marshfield Colehill BH21 7AP
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
G1 Sycamore x 1 and Sweet Chestnut x 2 - Fell to ground level. T1 English Oak - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards the property by no more than 1.5m from the tips inwards to clear the fabric of the building by 1.5m. Ensuring that no pruning wounds exceed 60mm in diameter. T2 English Oak - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards the property by no more than 2m from the tips inwards to clear the fabric of the building by 1.5m. Ensuring that no pruning wounds exceed 60mm in diameter. T3 Scots Pine - Remove the lowest primary branch back to source. - Reduce the 2nd lowest primary branch by no more than 1.5m from the tips inwards. Ensuring that no pruning wounds exceed 60mm in diameter.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2026/00740
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2026/00740
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Tree Works - TPO - Consent
- Received
- 9 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 9 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 6 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Colehill and Wimborne Minster East Ward
- Parish
- Colehill
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH21 7AP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Feb 2026
Received by Dorset
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6 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Consent
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11 Aug 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 6 March 2026, 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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