18 Woodcote Drive Upton BH16 5RA

1. 4 Aug 2026

   Received by Dorset

2. 11 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. 29 Aug 2026

   Status changed to Under Officer Consideration

   Previously Out To Consultation.

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 29 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Dorset took a median of 37 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Dorset for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

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.

More on trees applications in our guide

• 21A Moorland Crescent Upton BH16 5LA

  P/PALH/2026/01533 Submitted 18 Mar 2026 55m away

  Erect single storey rear extension & internal alterations to measure 7.99m in length, with a maximum height of 3.23m and a height to eaves of 2.48m

  Granted Prior approval Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• Yarrells Preparatory School Yarrells Drive Upton BH16 5EU

  P/TRT/2024/05352 Submitted 29 Oct 2024 91m away

  Excavate post holes for a proposed Forest School Canopy. Post holes are needed to support this new structure within a woodland area.

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 1 Woodcote Drive Upton BH16 5RA

  P/TRT/2026/01568 Submitted 19 Mar 2026 97m away

  T1-Silver Birch: Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.2m from the tips inwards. Ensuring that no pruning wounds exceed 60mm in diameter and that all cuts are brought back to viable growth points. T2- Silver Birch: Fell to ground level and replace with x1 Nursery grown Silver Birch 1.5-2m

  Refused Trees 4 docs

• 1 Woodcote Drive Upton BH16 5RA

  P/TRT/2026/03745 Submitted 10 Jul 2026 97m away

  T1 Silver Birch - Crown lift to 4 metres all-round removing small diameter secondary and tertiary branches no bigger than 30 mm diameter. - Thin the small diameter internal branches by up to 10%. T2 Silver Birch - Crown lift to 4 metres all-round. - Reduce the lower overextended branches by no more than 1 metre back to appropriate growth points. - Thin out by 10% removing small diameter internal branches no bigger than 20 mm diameter.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Yarrells Preparatory School Yarrells Drive Upton BH16 5EU

  P/TRT/2026/00742 Submitted 9 Feb 2026 118m away

  T1 Monterey Cypress - Reduce the lowest primary branch in a NE direction by no more than 1.2m from the tips inwards. - Raise the crown to 5m from ground level. - Reduce x 2 lowest primary branches on SE aspect by no more than 1.2m from the tips. T2 Eucalyptus - Reduce the entire tree by 50% to a finished height of 13m from ground level. - Remove the lowest primary branch at 2m on the SW aspect back to its point of origin. - Sever all girdled roots at ground level.

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Oakview Yarrells Drive Upton BH16 5EU

  P/TRD/2026/03899 Submitted 17 Jul 2026 120m away

  T3 dead Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) - Fell.

  Granted Trees 2 docs

• P/TRD/2026/04791 Awaiting decision

  Miles Gardens Weymouth DT3 5NH

  T1 & G1 Elm - Remove Under Regulation 14 (S198)

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/04815 Awaiting decision

  The Garden House 6 Havelins Stourpaine DT11 8TH

  Apple - Reduce crown all over by 1m. Silver birch - Remove lowest left hand limb as indicated in annotated photograph.

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/04810 Awaiting decision

  St Peters Church Church Road Pimperne

  Plane - Reduce crown by 30% to give a finished height of 7.5m and width of 7m.

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/04814 Awaiting decision

  27 Orchard Close Fontmell Magna SP7 0PG

  Silver birch - Fell.

  2 Sep 2026 Trees
• P/TRC/2026/04771 Awaiting decision

  Lynwood 2 Newland Gardens Sherborne DT9 3AF

  T1 Betula Platyphylla 'szechuanica' - Overall crown reduction by 3-4 metres in height and lateral spread

  2 Sep 2026 Trees