Planning application
The Coppleridge Inn Lodge Lane Motcombe SP7 9HW
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Poplar - Reduce crown shortening all peripheral branches by 3-3.5m, cut back to suitable secondary growth points as per indicative pruning points, red lines on attached photo. Selectively shorten or remove branches that display tear wounds predisposing them to failure (climber to decide on the day). Crown lift to afford a minimum 3m vertical clearance over tent and remove one sucker on stem at 4m.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2026/01630
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2026/01630
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Tree Works - TPO - Consent
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 23 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 15 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- Parish
- Motcombe
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 9HW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by Dorset
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15 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Consent
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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 15 April 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
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