Unit 5 Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RW

P/TRC/2023/05650Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 November 2023

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

Proposal

Crataegus spp. Prune crown to points indicated on photograph by curved green line. Remove self-seeded hawthorn at base of tree.

Submitted: 28 September 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Dorset Council
Ward: West Purbeck Ward

ReceivedSubmitted28 Sep
ValidatedValidated28 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided6 Nov

Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Unit 5 Main Road West Lulworth BH20 5RW. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the West Lulworth conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 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: BH20 5RW
Application type: Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: West Lulworth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 28 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Estate Office Lulworth Castle East Lulworth Wareham BH20 5QS

Additional information

Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: West Lulworth Conservation Area
National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
Heritage coast: Purbeck
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 (20)

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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves 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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