The Old Rectory A31 Main Road Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU Data via plota.co.uk

P/TRC/2026/01104 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

G1 - Group of small dead or dying elms - Fell to ground level retaining healthy trees where possible. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Feb 2026
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Validated
25 Feb 2026
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Approved
19 Mar 2026

Approved on 19 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Jul 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 149kb · 19 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 82kb · 19 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Sketch plan 70kb · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF Additional plans 97kb · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 390kb · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

Winterborne Zelston 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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 3. 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.
11 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The Old Rectory, Grade II, 3 m away · 11 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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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Public footpath 27 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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Open access land 40 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..
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, 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £940,000 in June 2024. Detached house, freehold.

19 June 2024£940,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Postcode
DT11 9EU
Received
24 Feb 2026
Validated
25 Feb 2026
Ward
Puddletown and Lower Winterborne Ward
Parish
Winterborne Zelston
Case officer
Show
Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
19 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 22 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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18 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
H1 - Conifer Hedge - Reduce to 15ft and prune growth over neighbour’s garden to boundary…
P/TRC/2021/04634
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Middle Farm Access To Bushes Farm Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
Carry out external alterations
P/HOU/2025/02429
2025 Approved
Middle Farm Access To Bushes Farm Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
Carry out external and internal alterations
P/LBC/2025/02430
2025 Approved
Graymead The Lane Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
Erect extension to front of and over garage
P/HOU/2025/01969
2023 Decided
Manor Cottage The Street Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - Ash - EITHER Fell for management, OR Prune back to suitable pruning points, to achie…
P/TRT/2023/04224
2023 Approved
Brookside Cottage The Street Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T4 - Silver Birch - Reduce height by 3m. T5 - Beech - Reduce height by 4m and lateral spr…
P/TRC/2022/07679
2022 Refused
Manor Cottage The Street Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - European Ash - Fell for management. Reason: Decline. Infected with ash dieback disea…
P/TRT/2022/02662
2021 Approved
Camelot, The Lane, Winterborne Zelston, DT11 9EU
Erect single storey rear extension and replacement garage (demolish existing garage and c…
P/HOU/2021/01565
2021 Approved
Bridge Cottage, The Street, Winterborne Zelston, DT11 9EU
T1 - Willow - Re-Pollard reducing branches by a maximum of 4m in length. G2 - 7x Willow…
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2020 Approved
Graymead The Lane Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
T1 - Birch - Fell because originally the roots were in a raised rockery which has now bee…
2/2020/1339/CATREE
2020 Approved
Graymead The Lane Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
T1 - Hazel - Fell because new driveway and fencing to boundary are being built. The hazel…
2/2020/1323/CATREE
2020 Approved
Camelot The Lane Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
T1 - Oak - Fell because of proximity to house and neighbour's garage plus proximity of up…
2/2020/0757/CATREE
2019 Approved
Camelot The Lane Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - Gleditsia - Remove branch overhanging neighbour's drive and brushing thatched roof…
2/2019/1414/CATREE
2019 Approved
Brook Farm The Street Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - Walnut - Fell due to tree being damaged and is causing excessive shading to gardens…
2/2019/1353/CATREE
2019 Approved
Pippins The Lane Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
Create 1 No. first floor extension within existing garage roofspace to include 1 No. rear…
2/2019/0884/HOUSE
2019 Approved
Camelot The Lane Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - Oak - Reduce lateral limbs over house by up to 2m.
2/2019/0882/CATREE
2019 Approved
Camelot The Lane Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
T1 - Lawson Cypress - Fell due to proximity to the house (3m) and excessive shading. T2…
2/2019/0463/CATREE
2017 Approved
Camelot The Lane Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - Oak - (A on sketch) - Remove branch lying over glass conservatory roof. T2 - Eucalyp…
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2016 Approved
Pippins The Lane Winterborne Zelston Dorset DT11 9EU
T1 - Apple - Fell, because the fruit is very poor quality and replace with a Yew tree.
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2016 Withdrawn
Bushes Farm Bushes Road Winterborne Zelston DT11 9EU
Erect 1 No. dwelling (amended scheme to 2/2015/1468).
2/2016/1177/FUL
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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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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.