Planning application
Land at Ferndown Forest Golf Club, land west of Eastern Divisional Police Headquarters, Ameysford Road, Ferndown, BH22 9HQ and 90 Leeson Drive, Ferndown, BH22 9QQ
Works: Trees
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
G28 Goat Willow & Hazel x15 trees - Coppice group to ground level. T29, T30, & T31 Oaks & T32 Alder - Remove trees. G35 Hawthorn, Ash, Elder, Goat Willow and Oak - Reduce the height of the trees to 6m provide sufficient clearance below the netting. Specifically, the goat willows directly below the netting to be reduced back to their existing pruning cuts, one young oak and one young hawthorn to be reduced to 6m in height and one goat willow in the northeastern aspect of the group to be reduced by 2m on its northwestern aspect. G36 Goat Willow - Remove group. T38 Oak & T39 Goat Willow - Remove trees. T40 Oak - Reduce the crown on the northern aspect by 2m to provide sufficient clearance to the construction access track. G41 Ash & Goat Willow - Reduce the heights of the trees within the group by 0.5m to provide sufficient clearance below the netting.. G42 Goat Willow x2 - Coppice to ground level to provide space for the stays attached to the scaffolding towers. T50 Silver birch (at 90 Leeson Drive) - Crown lift to 10m on northern and western aspects, as shown in photographs provided. Trees outlined in red on "additional tree felling" plan: Hawthorn - Remove. Young oak x3 - Remove. Young willow and oak (approx. x6) - Remove. Trees outlined in green on "additional tree felling" plan: Oak and willow growing below the OHL - Reduce these trees so a minimum buffer of 7m is maintained between the OHL.
As published by the council, reference P/TST/2026/00657
Application record
- Reference
- P/TST/2026/00657
- Type
- Tree Works - Statutory Undertakers
- Status
- Response Issued
- Decision
- Response Given
- Received
- 28 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 28 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 5 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Ferndown North Ward
- Parish
- Ferndown Town
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- BH22 9HQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jan 2026
Received by Dorset
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5 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Response Given
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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