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Corfe Castle National Trust The Square Corfe Castle BH20 5EZ

P/TRC/2026/03944Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 August 2026

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

Proposal

Tree works as per submitted tree survey. P0842 Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) (W3W dusty.amphibian.obstruct) Church Knowle Road - Fell to ground. P0745 Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) (W3W homelands.coolest.rooks) Station Road - Remove deadwood. P0320 Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) (W3W goods.scorpions.hops) Church Knowle Road - Reduce to safe monolith height or fell to ground. P0498, P0928 and P0977 Ash (Fraxinus Excelsior) (W3W splints.wiggling.keener) Church Knowle Road - Reduce to safe monolith height or fell to ground.

Submitted
21 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
South East Purbeck Ward
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 34 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Corfe Castle National Trust The Square Corfe Castle BH20 5EZ. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 8 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Corfe Castle conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across South East Purbeck 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 5EZ
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Corfe Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
National Trust Purbeck Office Currendon Hill Farm Swanage Dorset BH19 3AA

Additional information

Documents
3

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: Corfe Castle Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies 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 (20)

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, 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

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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