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70 Horse Pond Lane East Morden BH20 7DP and 67 Higher Street East Morden BH20 7DR

P/TRC/2026/00797Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 March 2026

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

Proposal

G1 Yew, Hazel and Hawthorn - Remove to ground level. G2 Rear boundary hedge (located 67 Higher Street) - Reduce height to 7ft (to include all trees and shrubs).

Submitted
11 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lytchett Matravers and Upton Ward
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 70 Horse Pond Lane East Morden BH20 7DP and 67 Higher Street East Morden BH20 7DR. 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 Morden conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 96 applications across Lytchett Matravers and Upton 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 7DP
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Morden

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24 The Spinney Lytchett Matravers Poole Dorset BH16 6AS

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Morden Conservation Area
  • Green belt: Dorset
  • 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, Article 4 directions, 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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