St Andrews Church Church Street Fontmell Magna
Approved on 1 July 2024
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - No Objection
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Proposal
T1 - Yew - Reduce branches growing towards the church by 2m. T2 - Hawthorn - Fell. T3 - Oak - Crown raise by 1m from existing level. T4 - Field Maple - Crown raise by 1m from existing level. T5 - Oak - Crown raise by 1m from existing level. T6 - Maple - Crown raise by 1m from existing level. T7 - Oak - Crown raise by 0.5m from existing level. T8 - Yew - Reduce branches by 1.5m. Works as per annotated photographs.
- Submitted
- 7 June 2024
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Jun
- ValidatedValidated7 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided1 Jul
Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Andrews Church Church Street Fontmell Magna. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Fontmell Magna conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 121 applications across Beacon 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
- Fontmell Magna
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 June 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Stourcroft Wessex Way Gillingham Dorset SP8 4LX
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Fontmell Magna Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: Bennett Bishop Monument, in the Churchyard 5 M North of the North Aisle of the Church of…On this site · +3 more
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, 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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