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P/TRC/2026/02849 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Beech Tree, - Reduce crown by circa 1 metre, retaining the tree’s natural shape and form., T2 Lime Tree, - Pollard by removing approximately 5–6 metres from the crown height., T3 Wych Elm, - Pollard by removing approximately 4 metres from the crown height. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 144kb · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 80kb · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan 293kb · 26 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 394kb · 26 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 13

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.
Corfe Castle 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.
Special area of conservation 19 m away: Dorset Heaths
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Public bridleway 23 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
SSSI 19 m away: Corfe Common SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Sssi
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; 2 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Corfe Castle built-up area; Priority habitat 20 m away: Lowland dry acid grassland; Open access land 19 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 5, 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
BH20 5HE
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
Parish
Corfe Castle
Case officer
Show
Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 12 days slower than Dorset's median of 25 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
1,635decided 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

Comments by
16 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings