St Michaels Church Church Lane Stour Provost SP8 5SA
Approved on 12 December 2025
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - AcceptableDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Pollard the basal shoots of all lime trees in February/March 2026, February/March 2027 and February/March 2028. Pollard old lime trees back to previous pollard points in February/March 2026 and February/March 2028 and pollard new lime trees back to previous pollard points in February/March 2026 for those which were not done in 2025 and in February/March 2027 for all new lime trees.
- Submitted
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Beacon Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated18 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Michaels Church Church Lane Stour Provost SP8 5SA. 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 Stour Provost conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 121 applications across Beacon Ward. We hold 545 applications in total for the SP8 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
- SP8 5SA
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stour Provost
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Old Post Office, The Street Stour Provost Gillingham SP8 5RZ
Additional information
- Documents
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Stour Provost 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202615 May
T1 - Ash - Fell. T2 - Yew - Raise crown to 2m from ground.
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2026/02674 - 20242 Jan
23x Old Limes - Pollard to previous pollard points in March/April 2024 and removal of any new basal shoots in…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2024/00010 - 20228 Feb
Old Limes x 24 - Pollard to previous pollard points and removal of basal shoots to main stem in April 2022…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2022/00810 - 20214 May
T1 - Conifer - Fell. G1 - Younger Lyme - Repollard to previous cuts. T2 - T5 - Lyme x4 - Fell.
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2021/01533 - 201820 Dec
New Limes - Pollard trees to previous pollard points (9-10 feet) in 2019 and in Spring 2021. Old Limes…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2018/1793/CATREE - 20186 Feb
Old Limes - Pollard the top crown shoots and basal shoots of the old lime trees in the churchyard. Last year…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2018/0183/CATREE - 201710 Jan
Old Limes- remove basal shoots back to the main stem and reduce side shoots overhanging the path only to…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2017/0013/CATREE - 20162 Nov
T1 - Ash - Fell - Tree management. (Note: The Ash tree to be felled is the one that has been previously…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2016/1624/CATREE
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