Recreation Ground Park Road Blandford Forum
Withdrawn on 30 November 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T8 - Horse Chestnut - Fell. The tree requires felling for the following reasons: Axial cankers, exposed sapwood decayed to a depth of 5-10cm, primary branch at 4m has failed leaving a large region of rot and decay, cankers and missing bark on North West side of dominant stem at 5-9m, and heavy thinning of peripheral crown on dominant stem and significant deterioration since previous survey. As Horse Chestnut does not have a distinct heartwood and relatively poor resistance to decay, failure of the dominant stem is plausible before the next formal survey. Removal of this stem alone would severely unbalance the tree visually and biomechanically. As such the tree should be removed as a matter of priority. In addition, the location of the tree next to a sports ground and benches etc. increases the chance of a risk to life should the tree fail.
- Submitted
- 26 October 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Blandford Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted26 Oct
- ValidatedValidated26 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided30 Nov
Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Recreation Ground Park Road Blandford Forum. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 35 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Blandford St Mary and Bryanston conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 88 applications across Blandford 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- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Blandford Forum
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 October 2021
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Blandford St Mary and Bryanston Conservation Area
- 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 (22)
flood storage 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202423 Aug
T2 and T3 - Sycamore - Reduce lateral and pendulous branches by pruning small diameter (maximum 100mm)…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2024/04786 - 202129 Nov
T8 - Horse Chestnut - Fell under regulation 14 as tree is dangerous.
ApprovedTree Dead Or DangerousP/TRD/2021/05131 - 20215 Nov
G1 - Limes & Whitebeam - Crown lift and cut back the encroaching branches by up to 2m to gain a clearance of…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2021/04632
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