The Old School Penny Street Sturminster Newton DT10 1DE Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
T1 - Smoke Tree - Fell., T2 - Birch - Reduce by 4m and reshape as per annotated photograph. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026
Documents 3
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 8
Show all 21 with distances
- 12 mThe Old School HouseGrade II
- 16 mSt Mary's Church HallGrade II
- 19 mThe Old SchoolGrade II
- 22 mSchool House, Including Garden RailingsGrade II
- 34 mGroup of 5 Table Tombs in St Mary's Church Churchyard, South East of ChurchGrade II
- 41 mChurch of St MaryGrade I
- 44 mCarrannGrade II
- 49 mGates and Gate Piers to St Mary's Church Churchyard, Leading to Church WalkGrade II
- 49 mMeadowsideGrade II
- 52 mHam Gate FarmhouseGrade II
- 60 mTanyardGrade II
- 73 mVine House, Including Front Garden Wall and Gate PiersGrade II
- 82 mGates and gate piers to The Old SchoolGrade II
- 101 mStour GrangeGrade II
- 124 mChurch FarmhouseGrade II
- 141 m23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, Church StreetGrade II
- 145 mOrnamental Spring Head Approximately 90 M South-West of St Mary's ChurchGrade II
- 147 m3 (Chapter House) and 4 Lane Fox TerraceGrade II
- 147 mThe NutshellGrade II
- 148 mCalshottGrade II
- 148 m16, Church LaneGrade II
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 £525,000 in February 2020. Detached house, freehold.
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
- DT10 1DE
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Sturminster Newton Ward
- Parish
- Sturminster Newton
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
- Decision date
- 21 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Simon Stranger
How this decision compares
Decided in 23 days from validation, about the council's usual 25 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.
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
- 19 Aug 2026
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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