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The School House 1 West Street Kingston BH20 5LH

P/TRC/2024/06788Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 January 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Ash - Fell to ground level. T2 Ash - Pollard to previous pollarding points. T3 Ash - Pollard to previous pollarding points. T4 Ash - Remove primary branch with 1m longitudinal split growing south easterly back to the main stem. Remove primary branch on the opposite side to the split branch to maintain a balanced crown. G1 6x Beech trees - Fell to ground level, grind out resulting stumps. Replant with appropriate species. T6 Pissard's plum - Fell to ground level.

Submitted
28 November 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jan

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The School House 1 West Street Kingston BH20 5LH. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingston conservation area, with 10 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. We hold 1,049 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 5LH
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Corfe Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Dickon Hannant 71 Furzebrook Road Wareham BH20 5AR

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kingston Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old School and School House, Including Front Boundary Wall and RailingsOn this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Land to the South of Kingston, Corfe CastlePart of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • Heritage coast: PurbeckPart 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 (17)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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.

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.

Source: Dorset

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