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P/TRC/2026/04654 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Birch (T1) - Reduce height by up to 2m and sides by up to 1.5m, pruning regrowth back to previous cuts. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Aug 2026
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Approved
16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 142kb · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 74kb · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan 331kb · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 386kb · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

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.
Sutton Poytnz 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.
Also on the record
SSSI 342 m away: White Horse Hill SSSI; Scheduled monument 223 m away: Water turbine house; Inside the Weymouth built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 · No listed building 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.

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Important details

Council
Dorset
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Postcode
DT3 6LH
Received
25 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Littlemoor and Preston Ward
Parish
Weymouth
Case officer
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Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
16 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
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How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, about the council's usual 25 days. Approved, as 95% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
1,619decided 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
15 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Cypress (T1) - Fell
P/TRC/2025/06235
2025 Approved
T1 Birch - Reduce height by up to 2m and sides by up to 1.5m, pruning regrowth back to pr…
P/TRC/2025/04739
2024 Approved
Eucalyptus (T1) - Fell
P/TRC/2024/06677
2021 Approved
T1 Eucalyptus - Re-pollard, remove approx 3m of re-growth back to previous cuts - mainten…
P/TRC/2021/04591
2019 Approved
T1 Silver Birch - Reduce height by approx 2m and sides by up to 1.5m - maintenance
WP/19/00690/CATR
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Springside Plaisters Lane Weymouth DT3 6LQ
Demolition of existing buildings and erection of two dwellings with associated access, pa…
P/FUL/2025/04562
2025 Approved
Ambleside Plaisters Lane Weymouth DT3 6LQ
Replacement main entrance porch, render external wall at first floor level to principal e…
P/HOU/2025/01318
2024 Approved
2 Sutton Close Weymouth DT3 6LJ
T1 Birch – Reduce regrowth by up to 2m & thin canopy by 10% (amended description of works)
P/TRC/2024/07605
2023 Approved
11 Sutton Close Weymouth DT3 6LJ
Erect two storey extension with dormer window and rear balcony
P/HOU/2023/03729
2023 Approved
2 Sutton Court Lawns Weymouth Dorset DT3 6LH
T1 Birch - Reduce height by approx. 2.5m and sides by approx. 1.5m
P/TRC/2023/04364
2022 Approved
2 Sutton Court Lawns Weymouth Dorset DT3 6LH
T1 Birch - Reduce height by approx. 2.5m and sides by approx. 1.5m - maintenance
P/TRC/2022/05280
2022 Approved
2 Sutton Close Weymouth Dorset DT3 6LJ
T1 Silver Birch - Prune by up to 2m overall and thin canopy by up to 30% - routine mainte…
P/TRC/2022/04281
2021 Approved
2 Sutton Court Lawns Weymouth Dorset DT3 6LH
T1 Birch - Reduce height by up to 2m & sides by up to 1.5m - maintenance
P/TRC/2021/02927
2020 Approved
7 SUTTON CLOSE, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LJ
Install 2no. dormer windows to front elevation
WP/20/00187/FUL
2020 Approved
2 SUTTON CLOSE, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LJ
T1 Silver Birch - Prune by up to 2m and thin canopy by up to 30% - maintenance
WP/20/00279/CATR
2019 Withdrawn
SPRINGSIDE, PLAISTERS LANE, SUTTON POYNTZ, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LQ
T1 Pine - Fell - cracks at base
WP/19/00412/CATR
2019 Approved
4 SUTTON COURT LAWNS, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LH
Hawthorne (T1 & T2) - Fell - excessive shading, low quality specimens
WP/19/00321/CATR
2019 Approved
2 SUTTON CLOSE, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LJ
T1 Silver Birch - Prune by up to 2m and thin canopy by up to 30% - maintenance
WP/19/00004/CATR
2018 Approved
WHITESTONES, PLAISTERS LANE, SUTTON POYNTZ, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LQ
T1 Ash - Pollard to approximately 4 metres - encroaching the conservatory
WP/18/00538/CATR
2018 Approved
3 SUTTON COURT LAWNS, WEYMOUTH, DT3 6LH
Cypress (T1) - Fell, over-run with Ivy, poor specimen, poor location
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2016 Withdrawn
LAND OFF PLAISTERS LANE, SUTTON POYNTZ, WEYMOUTH
Erection of 8 no. dwellings with associated parking & landscaping (South Site)
WP/16/00747/FUL
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings