Bowling Green Sherborne Road Milborne Port Sherborne Dorset DT9 5AX Data via plota.co.uk

26/02332/TCA - Work to Trees Awaiting decision
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Notification of intent to carry out Tree surgery works to No 1 Beech Tree and Fell No 1 Sycamore Tree within a conservation area. The Sycamore tree has died during the summer infection by sooty bark disease (Cryptostroma corticale) confirmed. Description of the work: Biological control is required therefore fell and burn infected section of vascular bundle T2 Beech The tree has developed a bias canopy with overextended limb on south quadrant . Following the nearby failure of large chestnut and the loss of the companion canopy, the tree is more exposed to external forces and recently the brakeage of few limbs have triggered concern. It is suggested to carry out a retrenchment pruning by approx. .2.5 metres on south quadrant elongated limbs to mitigate risk of further failure. Pruning cut should not exceed 60-70 mm in diameters. Tree surgery will be implemented in line with best practice as per BS 3998. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Nov 2026, from South Somerset's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents

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Site constraints 6

Grade II listed: Bowling Green House
List entry 1295608 · 4 m away · 2 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade II)
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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Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett Catchment
New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.
Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden 76 m away: Sherborne Castle
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
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.

Building

Floor area864 m² (9,300 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (44 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 18 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSandstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2010, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
South Somerset
Application type
Work to Trees
Postcode
DT9 5AX
Received
30 Sept 2026
Validated
30 Sept 2026
Ward
BLACKMOOR VALE
Parish
Milborne Port
Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
ANDREA MAISTRELLO ARBORICULTURE

Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. South Somerset usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
91%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
272decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by South Somerset in the last twelve months, from validation. South Somerset decision record →

Public comments

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Last counted 2 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15260449
Planning Portal ref
PP-15260449
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2022 Approved
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to various trees within a Conserva…
22/00723/TCA
2022 Approved
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to various trees within a Conserva…
22/00723/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Land At Crackmore Sherborne Road Sherborne Dorset DT9 5AX
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 2 Trees within a Conservati…
24/02441/TCA
2024 Approved
Land At Crackmore Sherborne Road Sherborne Dorset DT9 5AX
Notification of intent to carry out Tree Surgery Works to No. 2 Trees within a Conservati…
24/02441/TCA
2023 Approved
Bowling Green Sherborne Road Milborne Port Somerset DT9 5AX
Installation of stone piers to the existing gates at the rear entrance to the property.
23/02733/FUL
2023 Approved
Bowling Green Sherborne Road Milborne Port Somerset DT9 5AX
Installation of stone piers to the existing gates at the rear entrance to the property.
23/02733/FUL

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.