Ridge Cottage Corfe Road Stoborough BH20 5AB Data via plota.co.uk

P/TRC/2026/03083 - Tree Works- Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

3x Ash trees - Fell. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Jun 2026
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Oct 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice 142kb · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Tree Officer Report 76kb · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Sketch plan 223kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form - Without Personal Data 384kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF Highways letter 2024 - redacted 395kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Highways letter 2026 - redacted 373kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographs and photomontages 2787kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Photographs and photomontages 3225kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Aerial photograph 1631kb · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 11

Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/Ramsar
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.
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.
Stoborough 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.
Ramsar wetland 73 m away: Poole Harbour
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI 73 m away: Wareham Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The Former Post Office, Grade II, 52 m away · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Nature improvement area: Wild Purbeck; Inside the Stoborough 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 · No scheduled monument at the site

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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £265,000 in November 2015. Detached house, freehold.

5 November 2015£265,000
17 November 2006£700,000
28 February 2001£47,800

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
BH20 5AB
Received
8 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Wareham Ward
Parish
Arne
Case officer
Show
Decision
Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 24 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
1,635decided 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
29 Jun 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

2017 Approved
(T1) Cypress - fell - Stoborough Conservation Area
TWA/2017/194
2017 Approved
(G1 & T1) Line of cypress and 1x spruce - crown reduce to restore to hedge - Stoborough C…
TWA/2017/189
2016 Approved
(T1) Lawson cypress - fell; (T2) Yew - crown reduce by approximately 1.5m (30%) - Stoboro…
TWA/2016/0049
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Purbeck Motors 14 Corfe Road Stoborough Wareham BH20 5AA
1x split willow, currently held together with straps - remove. 1x willow with split top r…
P/TRD/2025/05780
2024 Approved
Kingston House 37 Corfe Road Stoborough Wareham BH20 5AD
Sweet Gum - Remove snapped stem and reduce remaining crown to prevent failure of the rema…
P/TRD/2024/04221
2022 Approved
28 Corfe Road Stoborough Wareham BH20 5AD
Erect ground floor front and side extension. Alter drive
P/HOU/2022/07281
2022 Approved
28 Corfe Road Stoborough BH20 5AD
Apple tree - Fell.
P/TRC/2022/03060
2021 Approved
18 Corfe Road Stoborough Wareham BH20 5AA
Alterations and additions to the existing property including updated facades, internal la…
P/HOU/2021/04217
2021 Refused
25 Corfe Road Stoborough Dorset BH20 5AD
Remove side extension and replace with two storey side extension with dual pitched roof…
6/2021/0332
2020 Approved
29 Corfe Road, Stoborough, BH20 5AD
(T1) Maple - fell (replacement maple already planted) - Stoborough Conservation Area
TWA/2020/081
2019 Approved
24 Corfe Road, Stoborough, BH20 5AB
(T1) Birch - crown reduce by up to 2m back to suitable pruning points; (T2) Rowan - crown…
TWA/2019/023
2018 Approved
28 Corfe Road, Stoborough, Wareham, BH20 5AD
Erect 2 single storey extensions and install flue. Change to external materials and remov…
6/2018/0385
2018 Approved
30 Corfe Road, Stoborough, Wareham, BH20 5AD
Single storey rear extension
6/2018/0244
2018 Approved
1 Corfe Road, Stoborough, Wareham, BH20 5AA
Erect ground floor extensions and alterations to accommodate annexe.
6/2018/0171
2018 Approved
28 Corfe Road, Stoborough, Wareham, BH20 5AD
Erect 2 single storey extensions and install flue. Construct dormer window on west elevat…
6/2018/0032
2018 Approved
Stoborough Primary School, Corfe Road, Stoborough, BH20 5AD
(T1) Willow - fell one stem leaning towards pavement - Stoborough Conservation Area
TWA/2018/036
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
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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

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