5 Bishops Farm Cottages Higher Street Bridport DT6 3HZ
Approved on 4 February 2026
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - AcceptableDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Lime - Reduce crown as shown in sketch drawing.
- Submitted
- 2 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Bridport Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted2 Jan
- ValidatedValidated2 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Feb
Decided in 33 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 5 Bishops Farm Cottages Higher Street Bridport DT6 3HZ. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 9 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Bradpole conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Bridport Ward. We hold 1,726 applications in total for the DT6 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
- DT6 3HZ
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Bridport
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 5 Bishops Farm Cottages Higher Street Bridport DT6 3HZ
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bradpole Conservation Area
- National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
- 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, 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, 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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Source: Dorset
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