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War Memorial Recreation Ground Ricketts Lane Sturminster Newton

P/TRC/2025/01951Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 April 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Unconfirmed Broadleaf - Pollard/Monolith at 2-3m, cut at a height of between 2m & 3m T2 Birch - Monolith at 2m T3 Sycamore - Fell

Submitted
2 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sturminster Newton Ward
  1. Received2 Apr
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at War Memorial Recreation Ground Ricketts Lane Sturminster Newton. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Sturminster Newton conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Sturminster Newton 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
Sturminster Newton

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
10a Knighton Lane Broadmayne DT2 8EZ

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sturminster Newton Conservation Area
  • 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 (22)

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, 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.

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.

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