Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury SP7 8HL Data via plota.co.uk

Pending P/TRT/2026/00924
Trees & landscaping
Council
Dorset 7.3/10
Date received
10 Feb 2026
Date validated
10 Feb 2026
Postcode
SP7 8HL

Description

T304 - Weeping willow - Re-pollard to the previous pruning points at 5m. T317 - White poplar - Crown lift to 4m over the sweet gum and summer house. Prune out the hanging branch at 6m. T352 - Common lime - Remove basal shoots. Data via plota.co.uk

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Convert outbuilding to residential annex
P/HOU/2022/07317
2022 Approved
Convert outbuilding to residential annex
P/LBC/2022/07318
2022 Approved
T301 - Beech - Reduce the crown by 2-3m to reduce wind loading and to encourage lower cro…
P/TRT/2022/00218
2022 Approved
T331 - English Yew - Reduce down to 1.8m so it can be managed as a hedge. T332 - Sweet Gu…
P/TRC/2022/00442
2021 Approved
Erection of Garden shed (retrospective)
P/HOU/2021/03358
2021 Withdrawn
Erection of garden shed (regularisation of works)
P/LBC/2021/03359
2017 Approved
T1,T2,T3 - Fir Trees - Fell - Tree Management. (In the recent high winds, one of the stem…
2/2017/0438/CATREE
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
St James Lodge Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8HN
T1 Holly - Remove
P/TRC/2025/06291
2024 Approved
Dormers St Johns Hill Shaftesbury SP7 8HG
T1 - Thorny Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos) - Reduce lateral spread to the south and west…
P/TRC/2024/03677
2022 Approved
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
Replace render on western elevation of main house and replace guttering with cast iron gu…
P/LBC/2022/05212
2022 Approved
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
T301 - Beech - Reduce the height of the roadside stem down to 7-8m and reduce the adjacen…
P/TRT/2022/04413
2022 Approved
Old Rectory Cottage Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8HN
T1 - Purple Prunus - Reduce by 2.5m and reshape as per annotated photograph. T2 - Liquid…
P/TRC/2022/04606
2022 Withdrawn
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
Erect self-contained single storey annex
P/HOU/2022/02366
2022 Approved
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
G1 - Yew x2 - Fell due to poisonous foliage in close proximity to grazing livestock. Repl…
P/TRC/2022/03186
2022 Approved
Land At Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury
T1 - Larch - Remove storm damaged tree.
P/TRC/2022/02703
2021 Approved
St James Church Foyle Hill Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 0JA
Install cardiac defibrillator cabinet on boundary wall.
P/LBC/2021/04733
2022 Approved
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
T342 - Cypress - Fell to ground level.
P/TRC/2022/01070
2021 Approved
St James Lodge Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HN
Erection of first floor extension and car port
P/HOU/2021/01538
2020 Approved
Land At Raspberry Lane Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury Dorset
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2021 Approved
St James Lodge, Raspberry Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 8HN
T1 - Apple - Reduce crown reduce to 13 feet as per annotated photo. T2 - Apple - Reduce c…
P/TRC/2021/00003
2020 Approved
St James Church Foyle Hill Shaftesbury Dorset
T1 - Yew - Remove one limb growing towards road, reduce one limb by 3m, and reduce one li…
2/2020/0813/CATREE
2020 Approved
St James Church Foyle Hill Shaftesbury Dorset
T1 - Yew - Reduce by 2m and reshape as per photo. T2 - Yew - works to T2 withdrawn pendin…
2/2020/0629/CATREE
2020 Approved
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
T1 - Beech - Crown raise over highway to 5.2m from ground level to provide vehicle cleara…
2/2020/0668/TPTREE
2020 Approved
Cottage Green St James Street Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HL
T1 - Beech - Fee under regulation 14 as dead or dangerous.
2/2020/0606/DDTREE
2019 Withdrawn
Land At Raspberry Lane Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury Dorset
Erect 1 No. dwelling and outbuilding, create new vehicular and pedestrian access and form…
2/2019/1106/FUL
2019 Approved
Land At Raspberry Lane Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury Dorset
T1 - Beech - Reduce laterals by up to 3m to balance the crown.
2/2019/0837/CATREE
2018 Approved
St James Lodge Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8HN
T1 - Bay tree - Fell, to close to building and excessive shading T2 - Yew tree - Fell to…
2/2018/0985/CATREE
2018 Approved
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Dismantle wall (regularisation).
2/2018/0567/FUL
2018 Approved
The Old Rectory St Johns Hill Shaftesbury SP7 8HG
Dismantle wall (regularisation).
2/2018/0568/LBC
2018 Approved
Old Rectory Cottage Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8HN
T1 - Dead Swamp Cypress
2/2018/0187/DDTREE
2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
St James Lodge Raspberry Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8HN
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Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#43 of 292 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Dorset is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #50 out of 292. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Dorset decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
91%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #95 of 292
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #101 of 292
78%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (64%) #50 of 292
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #85 of 292
77%
Minor dwellings approved
341 decided (1-9 homes)
79%
Major dwellings approved
48 decided (10+ homes)
79%
Change of use approved
87 decided
2,785
Total decisions
258 refused in 2025
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings