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Motcombe Memorial Hall The Street Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9PE

P/TRC/2023/03081Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 June 2023

Council decision: Tree Works - CA - No Objection

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 & T2 - Silver birch - Crown raise to 4m from ground and thin crown by 25%. T3 & T4 - Oak - Crown raise to 4m to enable unimpeded access for emergency vehicles. T5 - Willow - Fell.

Submitted
30 May 2023
Ward
Gillingham Ward
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Motcombe Memorial Hall The Street Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9PE. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SP7 9PE
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Motcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Pix Mead Gardens Shaftesbury Dorset SP7 8BZ

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Motcombe Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • 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.

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.

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