2 St Swithins Close Sherborne Dorset DT9 3DW
Approved on 2 March 2023
Council decision: Tree Works - TPO - ConsentDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
T2 Lime - Pollard down to 20ft main trunk
- Submitted
- 6 February 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Dorset Council
- Ward
- Sherborne East Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted6 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Mar
Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2 St Swithins Close Sherborne Dorset DT9 3DW. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 3 weeks quicker than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Sherborne conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Sherborne East Ward. We hold 3,010 applications in total for the DT9 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- DT9 3DW
- Application type
- Tree Works- TPO
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sherborne
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 February 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Orchardene Wick Road Milborne Port DT9 5HF
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Sherborne Conservation Area 1
- Nutrient neutrality catchment: Parrett CatchmentApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
- 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, 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, 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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202513 Nov
T1 Lime - Reduce height 3m, shorten radius 1m & crown lift to 4m T2 Lime - Reduce height 2m, shorten radius…
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2025/06721 - 20253 Jan
T1 Lime - Re-pollard back to previous points (approx 5-6m)
Tree Works - TPO - SplitTree Works- TPOP/TRT/2024/07082 - 202325 Sep
T1 Lime - Reduce in height to approx 11m
ApprovedTree Works- TPOP/TRT/2023/05461 - 202214 Nov
T1, T2, T5 & T6 Lime - Crown lift over roadside by 5m T3 & T4 Yew - Crown lift over roadside by 5m
ApprovedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2022/07120
Source: Dorset
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