Westbury Cottages Valley Road Tarrant Gunville DT11 8JN Data via plota.co.uk

P/TRC/2026/02926 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

G1 Lawson Cypress x 3 - Fell, T1 Western Red Cedar - Fell, T2 Sycamore- Fell, T3 & T4 Field Maple - Crown raise on south side overhanging the garages to create a clearance of 6.5m from ground level and 1.2m from the building. This will remove approximately 5 of the lowest primary limbs. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 May 2026
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Approved
23 Jun 2026

Approved on 23 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 145kb · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 79kb · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Additional plans 649kb · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 391kb · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Photo 1335kb · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Photo 1585kb · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Westbury Cottages
List entry 1118491 · 1 m away · 7 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 6 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs 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.
Tarrant Valley Conservation Area (Tarrent Granville) 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
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
Registered park or garden 124 m away: Eastbury; Flood defence 47 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Priority habitat 37 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
DT11 8JN
Received
29 May 2026
Validated
29 May 2026
Ward
Hill Forts and Upper Tarrants Ward
Parish
Tarrant Gunville
Case officer
Show
Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
23 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 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

Comments by
22 Jun 2026

Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
T1 Ash - Fell
P/TRC/2025/01446
2024 Approved
Demolish and erect replacement garages and outbuilding. Part demolish flat roof two store…
P/FUL/2024/04133
2024 Approved
Part demolish flat roof two storey extension & install new pitched roof. Install addition…
P/LBC/2024/04132
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
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T1 - Apple tree - Fell.
P/TRC/2024/05575
2024 Approved
Bankfield Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Blandford Forum DT11 8JN
T1 - Conifer - Reduce height to 9ft from ground and reduce lateral spread by up to 1.5ft…
P/TRC/2024/01437
2023 Approved
Rosewood Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Dorset DT11 8JN
T1 - Beech - Reduce crown and bring in the side branches by 1.5m - 2m to prevent damage t…
P/TRC/2023/06748
2022 Approved
Marlborough Farmhouse Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Dorset DT11 8JN
Erect garden shed
P/HOU/2022/02612
2021 Approved
Old Home Cottage Valley Road Tarrant Gunville DT11 8JN
T1 & T2 - Lawson Cypress x2 (purple on sketch plan) - Remove and replace with native spec…
P/TRC/2021/04275
2021 Approved
Stephouse Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Dorset DT11 8JN
T1 - Ash - Fell due to Ash die back.
P/TRC/2021/03325
2020 Approved
Bryher Valley Road Tarrant Gunville DT11 8JN
T1 - Ash - Fell because tree is showing signs of Chalara dieback.
2/2020/0152/CATREE
2019 Approved
Rosewood Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Dorset DT11 8JN
T1 Copper Beech - Selectively reduce the tree by up to 3m on secondary and tertiary branc…
2/2019/1188/CATREE
2016 Approved
Stephouse Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Dorset DT11 8JN
T1 Horse Chestnut crown reduce by 40%
2/2016/1838/DDTREE
2016 Approved
Stephouse Valley Road Tarrant Gunville Dorset DT11 8JN
T1 - Horse Chestnut - Remove because tree is dying, T2 - Ash - Crown lift to 4m to allow…
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Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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%).

Faster than most councils
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