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P/TRC/2026/04377 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Copper Beech - Fell, T2 Copper Beech - Remove 3 lowest boughs to crown raise over garage by 1.5m (30%) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Aug 2026
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Approved
10 Sept 2026

Approved on 10 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 145kb · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 79kb · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan 3650kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 374kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF Rowden Email 137kb · 18 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographs and photomontages 6076kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographs and photomontages 4071kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographs and photomontages 6115kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographs and photomontages 6087kb · 11 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 9

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Dorset National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Cerne Abbas Conservation Area conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 3; Scheduled monument 235 m away: Tithe barn (uninhabited portion) at Barton Farm; Inside the Cerne Abbas built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Postcode
DT2 7JX
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
18 Aug 2026
Ward
Chalk Valleys Ward
Parish
Cerne Abbas
Case officer
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Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
10 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, about the council's usual 25 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
1,636decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Dorset in the last twelve months, from validation. Dorset decision record →

Consultation & key dates

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8 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2021 Approved
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2021 Approved
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Form opening for side entrance door, widen windows to kitchen and utility, increase openi…
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2021 Approved
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P/FUL/2021/00918
2021 Approved
15 Acreman Street Cerne Abbas Dorchester DT2 7JX
Erection of two storey rear extension
P/HOU/2021/00312
2020 Approved
4 WILLS LANE, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JY
Erect detached garage
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2020 Approved
4 WILLS LANE, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JY
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2020 Approved
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T1 Beech - Reduce by 2.5m, formative prune & crown raise by 1m - overhanging drive
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2019 Approved
1 WILLS LANE, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JY
T1 Apple - Remove - outgrown location T2 Yew - Remove - overhanging road
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2019 Approved
RL TRIM, ACREMAN STREET, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7LD
Demolition of the existing buildings & erection of 14 no. dwellings with associated parki…
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2019 Approved
ROWDEN VIEW, ACREMAN STREET, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JX
T1 Beech - Crown raise by 2.5 metres, thin by 10% and remove crossing branches T2 Beech…
WD/D/19/000478
2019 Approved
4 WILLS LANE, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JY
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2018 Approved
WINDRUSH, 4 WILLS LANE, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JY
Demolition of outbuilding and erection of 1 no. dwelling.
WD/D/18/001416
2018 Approved
4 WILLS LANE, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JY
T1 & T2 Apple - Reduce height by 3m - overgrown
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2018 Approved
4 ACREMAN STREET, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JX
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2017 Refused
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2016 Approved
FRANCOMBE FARM, ACREMAN STREET, CERNE ABBAS, DORCHESTER, DT2 7JX
Conversion of two Barns to provide two dwellings. Erect detached dwelling with attached g…
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2024 Approved
Francombe Barn Francombe Farm 11 Acreman Street Cerne Abbas DT2 7JX
Conversion of barn to create 1no. dwelling, garage & store (with variation of condition 2…
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2022 Approved
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Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
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Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #51 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

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for householder decisions
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Dorset decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
92%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #80 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #74 of 296
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #51 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #102 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
344 decided (1-9 homes)
85%
Major dwellings approved
40 decided (10+ homes)
76%
Change of use approved
85 decided
2,781
Total decisions
233 refused in the year to March 2026
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