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5 Darwin Avenue Christchurch BH23 2JA

P/25/02690/TTPOTree work to tree/s subject to a TPOApproved

Approved on 6 November 2025

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1 – Mature Oak Tree: Crown raise the tree to provide 5m clearance from ground level to secondary and tertiary branches only. Reduce the lateral growth on the south side only by approximately 1–2 metres (not affecting the height), reducing the overall circular canopy diameter from 15m to approximately 13m. Remove epicormic growth from the main stem. Thin the canopy by 15% targetted to epicormic growth, crossing/rubbing/dead branches only (Amended proposal)

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Commons
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated23 Jul
  3. Consult.14 Aug
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Nov

Decided in 106 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 5 Darwin Avenue Christchurch BH23 2JA. BCP has handled 4,888 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 7 weeks longer than BCP's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Commons. We hold 3,222 applications in total for the BH23 postcode area.

94% of trees applications at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BH23 2JA
Application type
Tree work to tree/s subject to a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Christchurch Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 July 2025
Consultation expiry
14 August 2025
Consultation start
24 July 2025
Consultation end
14 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Apex Tree Surgeons Unit 55 Avon Castle Drive Ringwood Hampshire BH24 2BE

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Jul

    T1 – Mature Oak Tree: Crown raise the tree to provide 5m clearance from ground level to secondary and…

    This applicationApprovedTreesP/25/02690/TTPO
  2. 2025
    21 Jul

    T1 Oak - Split branch - Remove split branch.

    ApprovedRegulation 14 - Dead and DangerousFiled alongsideP/25/02643/REG14

Source: BCP

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