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Land adjacent to 4 North Bestwall Road Wareham BH20 4HX

P/TRC/2026/03639Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 August 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

This 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. Group 1 Beech and Ash - Crown lift to 5m over the highway. - Prune to provide 2m clearance from service wires and pole. T1 Field Maple - Prune to provide 2m clearance from street light, service wire and pole. Group 2 Lime and Ash - Crown lift to 5m over the highway. - Prune to provide 2m clearance from service wires and pole. T2 Lime - Crown lift to 5m over the highway. - Prune to provide 1m clearance from service wires.

Submitted
6 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wareham Ward
  1. Received6 Jul
  2. Validated6 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Aug

Decided in 31 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land adjacent to 4 North Bestwall Road Wareham BH20 4HX. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 11 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Wareham conservation area. 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 4HX
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wareham Town

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St Leonards Chapel Chapel Gardens Blandford Forum Dorset DT11 7UY

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Wareham Conservation Area
  • Article 4 direction: Wareham Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Green belt: DorsetPart of the site
  • Scheduled monument: Part of the defences of the Anglo-Saxon fortified centre of Wareham and part of the motte…Part of the site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): DorsetNext to the site
  • SSSI: Wareham Meadows SSSIPart of the site
  • Ramsar wetland: Poole HarbourPart of the site
  • Heritage coast: PurbeckPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Gas WorksRegister site at or near this address

Not published by this council, so not checked: tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (13)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, ancient woodland, national nature reserves and local nature reserves.

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.

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