Milland House 53 Breach Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8LF
Approved on 14 October 2026
Council decision: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable
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Proposal
T1 - Cherry tree - Remove to ground level. T2 - Cherry tree - Remove to ground level.
- Submitted
- 21 September 2026
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Shaftesbury Town
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Sep
- ValidatedValidated21 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided14 Oct
Decided in 23 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a planning application at Milland House 53 Breach Lane Shaftesbury SP7 8LF. 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 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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 8LF
- Application type
- Tree Works- Conservation Area
- Parish
- Shaftesbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 September 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- Oak Tree Lodge, The Street East Knoyle Salisbury Wiltshire SP3 6AJ
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sandie Saunders
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Shaftesbury Conservation Area 1
- Listed building: Grade II: Garden Wall to Old Rectory Enclosing Garden on North East, South East and South West SidesOn this site · +4 more
- 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202621 Oct
T202 - Copper Beech - Prune the Northern and Western canopy to provide 2m of clearance from the house and the…
PendingTree Works- TPOP/TRT/2026/05877 - 202413 Dec
Removal of broken stem under regulation 14.
ApprovedTree Dead Or DangerousP/TRD/2024/07353 - 202311 Aug
T1 – Ash – Crown thin by 15%, focusing on overhanging branches into neighbouring property to reduce the risk…
ApprovedTree Works- TPOP/TRT/2023/04671 - 20225 Sep
L1 - Mixed line of trees - Reduce lateral branches encroaching onto neighbouring property (no. 51 Breach…
ApprovedTree Works- TPOP/TRT/2022/05584 - 20225 Sep
T1 - Sycamore - Fell. (L1 - Mixed - Being considered under P/TRT/2022/05584
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2022/05581 - 202121 Sep
T1 - Norway Spruce - Fell. T2 - Small Conifer - Fell due to interference with Oak.
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2021/03565
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