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Dormers St Johns Hill Shaftesbury SP7 8HG

P/TRC/2026/04816Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 25 September 2026

Council decision: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey Locust) - Reduce lateral spread growing towards building by up to 1m, clear services to give 1m clearance, and raise crown to a height of 4m above ground level. T2 - Variegated Norway Maple - Reduce back to previous pruning points equating to a height reduction of 1.8m and side growth reduction of 0.5m.

Submitted
2 September 2026
Ward
Shaftesbury Town
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated2 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application at Dormers St Johns Hill Shaftesbury SP7 8HG. Dorset has handled 260 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Shaftesbury conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 29 applications across Shaftesbury Town. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

100% of tree works- conservation area 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
SP7 8HG
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Parish
Shaftesbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
17 The Vale Hythe Southampton Hampshire SO45 5ET

Planning decision

Case officer
Sandie Saunders

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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, 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.

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