The Wilderness French Mill Lane Shaftesbury

P/TCO/2025/06652Tree Works - ConsultationsApproved

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Tree Works - Felling - No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Consultation from the Forestry Commission for thinning of woodland.

Submitted: 6 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: Shaftesbury Town Ward

ReceivedSubmitted6 Nov
ValidatedValidated6 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Nov

Decided in 8 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Wilderness French Mill Lane Shaftesbury. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 5 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Shaftesbury Town Ward.

95% of trees applications at Dorset Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type: Tree Works - Consultations
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Shaftesbury

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Bullers Hill Kennford Exeter EX6 7XR

Additional information

Documents: 1

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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.

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Source: Dorset

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