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Portland Castle Liberty Road Portland DT5 1AZ

P/TRC/2025/06026Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 November 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Sycamore - Fell T2 Sycamore - Crown lift by removing 2 small branches over wall as shown on photo submitted T3 Sycamore. Re-pollard back to previous pollard points T4 Sycamore - Crown reduce by 2-3m on the north side 4x Pine, crown lift to 2m by removal of limbs no larger than 75mm in diameter

Submitted
10 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Portland Ward
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Portland Castle Liberty Road Portland DT5 1AZ. 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 Underhill conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Portland Ward. We hold 112 applications in total for the DT5 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
DT5 1AZ
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Portland

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1st Floor Fermentation North Finzels Reach Hawkins Lane Bristol BS1 6JQ

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Underhill Conservation Area 1
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Captain'S HouseOn this site · +3 more
  • Scheduled monument: Portland CastlePart of the site

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, Article 4 directions, green belt, 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.

Source: Dorset

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