2-4 Gold Hill Cottage St James Street Shaftesbury SP7 8HA
Approved on 14 November 2025
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Apple - Crown reduce shortening peripheral growth by up to 2m, formative prune / crown thin to remove excess crossed branches and open centre of crown. T2 Crab Apple - Reduce radial spread of canopy extending due south east, by approximately 3m. T3 Pear - Reduce height of canopy by approximately 1.5m. Shorten lateral spread by circa. 1m to maintain compact canopy against wall. T4 Cherry - Crown reduce, shortening all peripheral branches by 1.5-2m.
- Submitted
- 23 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated23 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2-4 Gold Hill Cottage St James Street Shaftesbury SP7 8HA. 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 Shaftesbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Shaftesbury Town 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 8HA
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Church Gate Milton On Stour Gillingham Dorset SP8 5QD
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shaftesbury Conservation Area 1
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20249 Feb
Replace South facing window on first floor.
ApprovedListed building consentP/LBC/2024/00372 - 202117 Dec
T1 - Horse Chestnut - Reduce/fell to 3ft stump.
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2021/05322 - 201320 Sep
Install 1 No. window to ground floor and carry out associated internal and external alterations.
RefusedListed building consent2/2013/1037/PLNG - 201216 Nov
Install 1 No. window to ground floor and carry out associated internal and external alterations.
WithdrawnListed building consent2/2012/1351/PLNG
Source: Dorset
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