Moot Cottage Bittles Green Motcombe SP7 9NT
Approved on 19 August 2025
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Oak - Reduce crown by 4m in height and lateral spread as per annotated photograph.
- Submitted
- 28 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Gillingham Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted28 Jul
- ValidatedValidated28 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Aug
Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Moot Cottage Bittles Green Motcombe SP7 9NT. 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 Motcombe conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 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
- SP7 9NT
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Motcombe
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 July 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Bungalow Higher Bridmore Farm Tollard Royal Salisbury SP5 5QF
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Motcombe Conservation Area
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.
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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202626 Oct
Unknown species (Ivy covered) - Fell.
PendingTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2026/05972 - 20263 Mar
Oak - Fell.
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2026/01219 - 202114 Oct
T1 - Willow - Re-pollard to previous pollard points. T2 - Oak - Raise crown by no more than 2.5m from…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2021/04135 - 201915 Aug
T1 - Silver Birch - Fell as dying and the tree is adjacent to the road.
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2019/1144/CATREE - 200215 Aug
Erect porch
ApprovedFull Planning Application2/2002/0789
Source: Dorset
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