Planning application
16 St Stephens Lane Verwood BH31 7BQ
Works: Trees
At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.
Proposal
T1 Multi-stemmed Western Red Cedar - Section fell to ground level. Replant with 1 x Silver Birch – 2m container grown.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2026/02270
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2026/02270
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Appeal In Progress
- Decision
- Tree Works - TPO - Refused
- Received
- 24 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 24 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 21 May 2026
- Ward
- Verwood Ward
- Parish
- Verwood
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH31 7BQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Apr 2026
Received by Dorset
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21 May 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Refused
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens at appeal
The process from here
This application is at appeal, which passes the decision from the council to the national planning inspectorate, or in Scotland usually to a local review body first. The appeal considers the scheme afresh against the same policies.
Anyone who commented on the original application is normally notified and can comment again within the appeal deadline. Appeal decisions take months rather than weeks, and the outcome replaces the council's decision.
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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