Riverside Colesbrook Gillingham SP8 4HH
Approved on 9 October 2026
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
Proposal
T1 - Willow - Reduce crown height by pollarding 2m below previous pollard nodes (see annotated photograph showing old nodes in yellow and proposed pruning points in red) and reduce lower lateral branches back to previous pruning points, retaining lower pendulous branching and internal growth where possible. T2 - Oak - Reduce crown height by 1.5m and reduce lower laterals on northern, western and southern sides by 1.2-1.5m, as per annotated photograph.
- Submitted
- 16 September 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Gillingham
- ReceivedSubmitted16 Sep
- ValidatedValidated16 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Oct
Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a planning application at Riverside Colesbrook Gillingham SP8 4HH. Dorset has handled 260 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Gillingham. We hold 545 applications in total for the SP8 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
- SP8 4HH
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Parish
- Gillingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Church Gate Milton On Stour Gillingham SP8 5QD
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sandie Saunders
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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 (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.
Source: Dorset
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