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Moot Cottage Bittles Green Motcombe SP7 9NT

P/TRC/2026/05972Tree Works- Conservation AreaAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Unknown species (Ivy covered) - Fell.

Submitted
26 October 2026
Ward
Gillingham
  1. Received26 Oct
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Moot Cottage Bittles Green Motcombe SP7 9NT. Dorset has handled 247 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 26 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Motcombe conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 62 applications across Gillingham. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
SP7 9NT
Application type
Tree Works- Conservation Area
Parish
Motcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Moot Cottage Motcombe Shaftesbury SP7 9NT

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: Motcombe Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The LaurelsOn or next to this site
  • 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.

  1. 2026
    3 Mar

    Oak - Fell.

    ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2026/01219
  2. 2025
    28 Jul

    Oak - Reduce crown by 4m in height and lateral spread as per annotated photograph.

    ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2025/04409
  3. 2022
    15 Nov

    T1 - Willow - Re-pollard to previous pollard points.

    ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2022/07182
  4. 2019
    15 Aug

    T1 - Silver Birch - Fell as dying and the tree is adjacent to the road.

    ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2019/1144/CATREE
  5. 2014
    9 Jan

    T1 - Willow - Crown reduce by 3m and shape T2 - Birch - Crown reduce by 2.5m

    ApprovedTree Works- Conservation Area2/2014/6545/CATREE
  6. 2007
    2 Apr

    Erect 1 No. single storey conservatory and 1 No. detached playroom / office. (Demolish workshop)

    ApprovedFull Planning Application2/2007/0279

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