Old School House Water Lane Winterborne Houghton DT11 0PD
Approved on 10 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - Mixed ResponseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 - Ash - Fell and replant with Copper Beech. T2 - Ash - Fell and replant with Hornbeam. T3 - Ash - Reduce to a 3m habitat pole and replant with Yew.
- Submitted
- 30 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Winterborne North Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted30 Jan
- ValidatedValidated30 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Mar
Decided in 39 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at Old School House Water Lane Winterborne Houghton DT11 0PD. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Winterborne Houghton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Winterborne North Ward. We hold 2,461 applications in total for the DT11 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
- DT11 0PD
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Winterborne Houghton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 17 Canford Magna Wimborne Minster BH21 1UP
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Winterborne Houghton Conservation AreaPart of the site
- 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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