Hill Close House Swanage Road Studland BH19 3AD Data via plota.co.uk

P/TRC/2026/03321 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree 1 Monterey Pine - Reduction pruning to secondary branches - Reduce western limbs by 2 metres and reduce south-eastern limbs by 1.5 metres as indicated on submitted plan. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2026
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Approved
13 Jul 2026

Approved on 13 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 144kb · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 76kb · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF Arboricultural Report 5357kb · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF S211 Notification Hill Close 17.06.26 Redacted 806kb · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: Hill Close
List entry 1172404 · The pin is inside its outline
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.
Historic England ↗
Dorset 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.
Studland 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.
Heritage coast: Purbeck
A defined stretch of undeveloped coastline.
Development inconsistent with keeping the coast undeveloped is resisted.
Scheduled monument 98 m away: Romano-British farmstead and earlier structures at Woodhouse Hill, 230m south east of Harmony Lodge
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
Historic England ↗
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
Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; National nature reserve 422 m away: Purbeck Heaths; Inside the Studland built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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
BH19 3AD
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
17 Jun 2026
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
Parish
Studland
Case officer
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Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
13 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 26 days from validation, about the council's usual 26 days. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
2,271decided 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
9 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
(T1) Cherry - reduce and shape canopy by up to 1.5m; (T2) Holm oak - reduce canopy by up…
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Within ~100m

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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2020 Approved
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2019 Withdrawn
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2016 Approved
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Dorset
Planning Authority Score
7.5/10
Good
#44 of 296 councils
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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
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