The Old Rectory The Street Melbury Osmond DT2 0LU
Approved on 23 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - AcceptableDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T1 Yew - Selective crown reduction of up to 30% – reshape to balance crown – to address die-back in the upper crown area and reduce laterals towards coach house where necessary T2 & T3 Yew - Shorten back lateral limbs facing the house to give 5m clearance from the building T4 Ash - Remove lowest limb over garden
- Submitted
- 13 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Yetminster Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted13 Feb
- ValidatedValidated13 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 38 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Rectory The Street Melbury Osmond DT2 0LU. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Melbury Osmond conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Yetminster Ward. We hold 2,420 applications in total for the DT2 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
- DT2 0LU
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Melbury Osmond
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Orchardene Wick Road Milborne Port DT9 5HF
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Melbury Osmond Conservation Area
- Listed building: Grade II: Cottage and Attached Coach House Immediately West of the Old RectoryOn this site · +6 more
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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 (19)
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, 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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