Land at Crown Mead, on corner of Hanham Road, Wimborne Minster Data via plota.co.uk

P/TRC/2026/04808 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Tree 1 White Poplar - Reduce height by 5-6 metres to suitable growth points. Reduce lateral spread by up to 2 metres. Reduce overextended primary limb to mid-south by 4-5 metres. Remove major deadwood. This Section 211 notification has been submitted internally for transparency only; a Section 211 notice is not formally required for tree works carried out by, or on behalf of, the local authority. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

Received
2 Sept 2026
Approved
4 Sept 2026

Approved on 4 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Wimborne Minster 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
6 listed buildings within 150 m; Inside the Wimborne Minster built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Dorset - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
2 Sept 2026
Ward
Wimborne Minster Ward
Parish
Wimborne Minster
Case officer
Show
Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
4 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Arboricultural Officer (East)

How this decision compares

Decided in 2 days from validation, 25 days faster than Dorset's median of 27 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

98%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
1,413decided 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
2 Sept 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