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Land to east of St Martins Church, Wareham, BH20 4HE

P/TRC/2026/00435Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: Tree Works - CA - AcceptableDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

T6 Sweet Chestnut - Prune branches to provide 2m clearance from building. T2 English Oak - Remove deadwood down to 50mm in diameter or longer than 1m in length. This Section 211 notification has been submitted internally for transparency only; a Section 211 notice is not formally required for tree works carried out by, or on behalf of, the local authority.

Submitted
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wareham Ward
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land to east of St Martins Church, Wareham, BH20 4HE. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 2 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Wareham conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 112 applications across Wareham Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 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
BH20 4HE
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wareham Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
County Hall Colliton Park Dorchester DT1 1XJ

Additional information

Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Wareham Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Wareham Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, 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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