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The Old Post Office Post Office Road Milton On Stour Gillingham SP8 5QB

P/TRC/2026/05433Tree Works- Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 October 2026

Council decision: Tree Works - CA - Acceptable

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Sycamore - Reduce by 3m and reshape crown as per annotated photograph. T2 - Conifer - Fell.

Submitted
1 October 2026
Ward
Gillingham
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated1 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application at The Old Post Office Post Office Road Milton On Stour Gillingham SP8 5QB. Dorset has handled 260 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Milton on Stour conservation area. 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 5QB
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Parish
Gillingham

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Stourcroft Wessex Way Gillingham SP8 4LX

Planning decision

Case officer
Sandie Saunders

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Milton on Stour Conservation Area
  • 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 (22)

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, 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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