Planning application
49 Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JE
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
T1 Ash - Fell to ground level. T2 Lime - Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.75 metres from the tips inward to previous reduction points. Raise the crown to 4 metres from ground level (not protected by a TPO and being considered under Conservation Area Section 211 Notice reference P/TRC/2026/04934).
As published by the council, reference P/TRT/2026/05021
Application record
- Reference
- P/TRT/2026/05021
- Type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Status
- Out To Consultation
- Received
- 8 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 8 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
- Parish
- Lytchett Minster and Upton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH16 6JE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Dorset register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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P/TRC/2026/04934 Awaiting decision
49 Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JE
T1 Ash - Fell to ground level (protected by a TPO and being considered under tree work application reference P/TRT/2026/05021). T2 Lime - Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.75 metres from the tips inward to previous reduction points. - Raise the crown to 4 metres from ground level.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2026
Received by Dorset
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15 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 November 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 38 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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P/TRC/2026/04934 Awaiting decision
49 Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JE
T1 Ash - Fell to ground level (protected by a TPO and being considered under tree work application reference P/TRT/2026/05021). T2 Lime - Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.75 metres from the tips inward to previous reduction points. - Raise the crown to 4 metres from ground level.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 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 while it is decided
This application is with Dorset for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Dorset decided tree works applications in a median of 26 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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49 Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JE
95% historically approved · decision due ~3 Nov
T1 Ash - Fell to ground level (protected by a TPO and being considered under tree work application reference P/TRT/2026/05021). T2 Lime - Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.75 metres from the tips inward to previous reduction points. - Raise the crown to 4 metres from ground level.
Awaiting decision Trees 2 docs -
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47 Dorchester Road Lytchett Minster BH16 6JE
T1 Ash: Undertake a full crown reduction of no more than 1.25m from the tips inwards.
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