Planning application
16 Westfield Close Wimborne Minster BH21 1ES
Works: Trees
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
T1 Silver Birch - Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.75m from the tips inward. Ensuring that all cuts are brought back to viable growth points and that no pruning wounds exceed 70mm in diameter.
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2026/02778
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2026/02778
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Application Refused
- Decision
- Refused As published: Tree Works - TPO - Refused
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Validated
- 20 May 2026
- Decided
- 23 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Wimborne Minster Ward
- Parish
- Wimborne Minster
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH21 1ES
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 1 refused.
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P/TRT/2024/07137 Granted
16 Westfield Close Wimborne Minster BH21 1ES
T1 Silver Birch: Undertake a 1.25m branch reduction (as per attached picture) growing in a SW direction via the removal of tertiary and secondary branches only. Ensuring that all cuts are brought back to viable growth points.
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P/CLP/2023/01706 Granted
16 Westfield Close Wimborne Minster BH21 1ES
Single storey rear extension
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 May 2026
Received by Dorset
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23 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Refused
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31 Jul 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 refusal means
Dorset refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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Granted Trees 5 docs -
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P/TRT/2026/04963 Granted
50 Pinewood Road Ferndown BH22 9RR and 23 Larch Way Ferndown BH22 9SS
T1 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only T2 Sweet Chestnut (located at 50 Pinewood Road) - Raise the crown to no more than 5 metres from ground level. By removal of secondary and tertiary branches only - Reduce all lateral growth only growing towards No. 50 by no more than 2 metres from the tips inward. T3 Monterey Pine (located at 23 Larch Way) - Remove the x2 lowest primary branches back to source which overhang the property.
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P/TRT/2026/04965 Granted
Land adjoining 56 The Curlews Verwood BH31 6NU
T4 Quercus Robur - Reduce lower limbs to allow for 3-metres clearance from the roof of the property.
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P/TRT/2026/04799 Refused
14 Nuthatch Close Ferndown BH22 9QJ
Pine - Fell.
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P/TRC/2026/05079 Granted
Church Farmhouse Church Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DB
T1 - Plum tree - Remove.
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P/TRC/2026/05571 Awaiting decision
11 Highacres Loders DT6 3UJ
T1 Silver Birch - Reduce height by approx 1m and sides by 0.2m approx