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Various locations around Studland Village including Middle Beach car park, Beach Road, Ferry Road, Manor Road, Watery Lane, and South Beach

P/TRC/2023/05924Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 22 November 2023

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

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Proposal

1) Poplar (T25) - Crown reduce by up to 6m to reduce risk of primary branches splitting. Crown lift lower branches to main union to avoid contact with vehicles in the car park. Bark inclusion at primary branch union with main stem. 2) Acacia (T37) - Crown reduce by 3m to avoid limbs dropping in the road on onto overhead powerlines. Crown lift to main fork to reduce contact with vehicles. Extensive basal decay detected. 3) Ash (white tree spray) - Section fell. Impact of Ash dieback at greater than 50%, tree leaning into road junction and close to overhead cables. 6) Sycamore (T63) - Remove dead wood from canopy to avoid debris falling into the road. Crown dieback. 7) Sycamore (T64) - Fell, tree is dead and leaning into road. 8) Ash (T122) - Remove single large lowest limb. Decay at join with main stem, limb over footpath. Ash dieback at 40%. 9) Ash (white tree spray) - Remove deadwood in canopy over path only. Large tree with some crown dieback. 10) Ash (no tag) - Crown reduce by up to 6m reduction of the length of the branches to reduce sail in exposed location (health of tree will continue to be monitored). Large Ash on bank over beach huts and footpath access to beach, impacted by approx 40% Ash dieback. 11) Poplar (no tag) - Remove storm damaged limb over driveway, split and at risk of dropping. 12) Ash (white tree spray) - Fell. Large tree impacted by 50% dieback and declining. Dead wood in canopy and leaning over road, footpath, and public toilets. 13) Monterey cypress (T66) - Remove tree nearest shed, (crown partly snapped out) in poor condition. Remove deadwood from surrounding Monterey cypress where they overhang garden. 14) Oak x2 - (T38 [front garden]) and (T40 [back garden]) - Crown lift up to main branch union, and remove deadwood and storm damaged branches. To avoid disruption to services or damage to private property including cars parked on drive. Deadwood in canopy and lower limbs contacting overhead service cable into property.

Submitted
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Various locations around Studland Village including Middle Beach car park, Beach Road, Ferry Road, Manor Road, Watery Lane, and South Beach. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days. The site is in the Studland conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across South East Purbeck 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
Studland

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Purbeck Estate Currendon Farm Currendon Hill Swanage Dorset BH19 3AA

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Studland 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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