Planning application
18 Sandpit Lane Compton Abbas SP7 0NJ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 Beech - Fell
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2026/03911
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2026/03911
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Application Approved
- Decision
- Tree Works - TPO - Consent
- Received
- 20 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 21 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- Parish
- Compton Abbas
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- SP7 0NJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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P/TRT/2024/05310 Refused
18 Sandpit Lane Compton Abbas SP7 0NJ
T1 - Beech - Remove x3 branches as per annotated photographs.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jul 2026
Received by Dorset
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31 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Aug 2026
Status changed to Under Officer Consideration
Previously Out To Consultation.
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21 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Tree Works - TPO - Consent
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 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 this grant of permission means
Dorset granted permission on 21 August 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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