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P/TRC/2026/04189 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T2 Ash - Crown lift to 5.2 metres over highway and entrance., - Clear overhead BT line by 1.5 metres., T3 Hornbeam - Crown lift to 5.2 metres over driveway., T5 Ash - Fell to ground level., T12 Silver Maple - Remove split hanging branch., - Reduce 2x lowest primaries by up to 3 metres., - Install 4t dynamic cobra brance between main stems., T13 Silver Maple - Reduce 2x extended limbs over the garden by up to 3 metres., T14 Silver Maple - Reduce extended branches on southern aspect by up to 3 metres., - Crown lift low branches over highway to 5.2 metres., T15 Silver Maple - Reduce extended limbs (2 metres approximately)., T16 Silver Maple - Remove hanger over footpath., - Reduce height of northern stem by 2 metres approximately., - Install 4t cobra brace between main stems., - Reduce extended limbs on southern aspect by up to 2 metres., T17 Ash - Fell to ground level., T19 Ash - Fell to ground level., T21 Common Beech - Crown lift to 3 metres over the track., T22 Ash - Crown lift to 3 metres over the track., T23 Walnut - Remove 2x lowest primaries over the track on western aspect., T24 Hawthorn - Remove lowest primary on southern aspect., T25 Sycamore - Crown lift low branches over the field and track to approximately 3 metres., T26 Oak - Reduce hazard beam by up to 4 metres., T27 Sycamore - Remove hanging branch., T31 Sycamore - Remove hanging branch., T32 Red Oak - Reduce 3x limbs on northern aspect by up to 3 metres., T36 Sycamore - Crown lift to 5.2 metres over highway., T37 Scots Pine - Reduce crown on eastern aspect by 5 metres approximately., T38 Gingko & Tulip tree (located at Lodge Cottage) - Crown lift overhanging branches to 3 metres., T39 Wild Cherry - Reduce crown by up to 2 metres., T40 Western Red Cedar - Crown lift to 5.2 metres above ground., T41 Ash - Fell to ground level., T42 Ash - Fell to ground level., T43 Common Beech - Reduce crown height by up to 3 metres., T44 Ash - Fell to ground level., T48 Sycamore - Fell to ground level., T49 Common Beech - Fell to ground level., T51 Ash - Fell to ground level., T59 Ash - Remove hanger., T61 Sycamore - Remove girdle root., T63 Sycamore - Remove epicormic shoots., T64 Ash - Reduce height by 3 metres., - Reduce spread on the north aspect by 2 metres., T65 Sycamore - Remove sprouts to crown break., T69 Ash - Reduce lateral canopy on the southerly, easterly and westerly aspects by up to 3 metres., T71 Sycamore - Reduce limbs on the easterly aspect by up to 3 metres., - Clear branches interfering with the BT cable., T72 Leyland Cypress - Fell to ground level., T73 Leyland Cypress - Fell to ground level., G1 Mixed Holly, Sycamore and Elm - Fell dead Elms., G4 Sycamore - Reduce lowest branches on eastern aspect by 2 metres approximately. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Approved
1 Sept 2026

Approved on 1 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 4 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Consultation & comments 5

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Site constraints 4

Green belt: South West Hampshire
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Hampreston Conservatoin 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.
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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 Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · 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
BH21 7LX
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Ferndown South Ward
Parish
Ferndown Town
Case officer
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Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
1 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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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
31 Aug 2026
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
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
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