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Land At Footways Between Willow Way And The Limes Motcombe

P/TRT/2022/00053Tree Works- TPOApproved

Approved on 1 March 2022

Council decision: Tree Works - TPO - ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Birch - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. Tip back outer branches to provide 1m clearance of adjacent wall (19 The Limes), eastern aspect. T2 - Oak - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. T3 - Oak - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. T4 - Oak - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. T5 - Birch - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. Crown raise to 5.2m over the roadside only to allow unimpeded access of high sided vehicles (highways recommendations). T6 - Lime - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. T7 - Oak - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. T8 - Wingnut - Crown lift to 3m from ground level to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance and pedestrian use of the adjacent pavement. Prune back outer branches to provide 1m clearance of streetlamp to improve lighting. T9 - Birch - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. Tip back outer branches to provide 2m clearance of adjacent garage (21 The Limes), western aspect. G1 - Ash x2 - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance. Tip back outer branches to provide 1m clearance of adjacent wall (17 The Limes), eastern aspect. G2 - Oak x2 - Crown lift to 2.2m from ground level (highways recommendations) to secondary and tertiary limbs only to provide clear access for ground maintenance.

Submitted
31 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gillingham Ward
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 29 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land At Footways Between Willow Way And The Limes Motcombe. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 13 days quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Gillingham Ward.

95% of trees 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

Application type
Tree Works- TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Motcombe

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Chiddesden, The Street Motcombe SHAFTESBURY SP7 9PF

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

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