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National Trust Middle Beach Workshop Marine Terrace Beach Road Swanage BH19 3AX

P/TRC/2024/07497Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 January 2025

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

Proposal

Map 1 - Schedule of works: Tag 0469 Holly (northern end of Middle Beach workshop): Fell to ground. Tag 0789 Ash (gravel area south of Middle Beach workshop): Fell to ground. Tag 0237 Cherry (northern corner of Middle Beach car park): Remove 2 x squirrel damaged branches overhanging parking space on southwestern side. Cut back to junction. Tag 0258 Oak (northwestern end of Middle Beach car park): Remove squirrel damaged limb overhanging parking space. Cut back to branch junction. Tag 0211 Oak (southern end of Middle Beach car park): Remove 2 x damaged branches overhanging parking spaces. The Combe -2024-1 Ash (junction of Combe footpath and Beach Road): Fell to ground. Stables -2024-1 Group of 10 dead Elm stems (junction of Ferry Road and entrance to Studland Stables: Fell to ground. Tag 0740 Sycamore (footpath between Middle Beach car park and Fort Henry): Remove squirrel damaged branch overhanging footpath. Map 2 - Schedule of works: Tag 0057 Ash (land adjacent to Glen House/Studland Village Store): Deadwood. Remove damaged branch (2nd major branch). Tag 0631 Silver Birch (land adjacent to Old Schoolhouse): Remove broken branch overhanging rear garden. Tag 0619 2 x dead Elm (junction of public footpath and School Lane): Fell to ground. Tag 0618 Elm (land between Manor Farm and public footpath): Fell to ground. Tag 0622 (junction of public footpath SE22/13 and School Lane): Fell to ground. Tag 0630 5 x dead Elm (adjacent to Manor Farm and School Lane): Fell to ground. Tag 0802 Ash (northeast corner of South Beach car park): Remove 2 x damaged branches. Tag 0616 Elm (3 Watery Lane): Fell to ground. Map 3 - Schedule of works. -2024-6 10 x Ash (adjacent to public bridleway No. 9): Fell to ground.

Submitted
20 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at National Trust Middle Beach Workshop Marine Terrace Beach Road Swanage BH19 3AX. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Studland conservation area. 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 1,866 applications in total for the BH19 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
BH19 3AX
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Studland

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Andrew Wright National Trust Middle Beach Workshop Marine Terrace Beach Road Swanage Studland BH19 3AX

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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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