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Capitol House Mount Pleasant Lane Langton Matravers BH19 3HY

P/TRC/2026/03722Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 July 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T2 Oak - Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 2.5 metres and the lateral spread by approximately 1 metre, retaining a natural flowing branch line and balanced crown form. - Crown lift to provide approximately 3.5 metres clearance above the adjacent car park. T3 Ash - Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 2 metres, retaining a natural flowing branch line and balanced crown form. - Crown lift to provide approximately 3.5 metres clearance above the adjacent car park. T4 Oak - Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 1 metre, retaining a natural flowing branch line and balanced crown form. T5 Ash - Fell to ground level. T6 Sycamore - Prune to provide a minimum clearance of approximately 1 metre from the adjacent BT line by removing suitable secondary and tertiary branches only. - Reduce lateral growth extending towards the property by approximately 2 metres, retaining a natural crown form and balanced appearance.

Submitted
7 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Capitol House Mount Pleasant Lane Langton Matravers BH19 3HY. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Langton Matravers conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across South East Purbeck Ward. We hold 1,866 applications in total for the BH19 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
BH19 3HY
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Langton Matravers

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
71 Furzebrook Road Wareham BH20 5AR

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Langton Matravers Conservation Area 1
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    7 Jul

    T2 Oak - Reduce the height of the crown by approximately 2.5 metres and the lateral spread by approximately 1…

    This applicationApprovedTreesP/TRC/2026/03722
  2. 2026
    7 Jul

    T1 Dead Pine - Fell to ground level.

    ApprovedTree Dead Or DangerousFiled alongsideP/TRD/2026/03676
  3. 2026
    7 Jul

    T1 Dead Pine - Fell to ground level.

    PendingTree Works- TPOFiled alongsideP/TRT/2026/03676

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