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Land at Holton and Sandford Heaths, adjacent to A351 Wareham Road, Holton Heath, BH20 7DF

P/TRT/2025/01523Tree Works- TPOApproved

Approved on 13 May 2025

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

Proposal

T1 Beech (Fagus sylvatica) - Fell to ground level. Small leaning stem with bark damage and heart rot overhanging highway. T2 Silver Birch (Betula pendula) - Fell to ground level. Tall, small diameter tree close to A351.

Submitted
14 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wareham Ward
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 29 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Land at Holton and Sandford Heaths, adjacent to A351 Wareham Road, Holton Heath, BH20 7DF. 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 112 applications across Wareham Ward. We hold 1,048 applications in total for the BH20 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
BH20 7DF
Application type
Tree Works- TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wareham St. Martin

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Nettle Tree Farm Horton Heath Wimborne BH217JN

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Dorset
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • SSSI: Holton and Sandford Heaths SSSI+1 more
  • Special Area of Conservation: Dorset Heaths
  • Special Protection Area: Dorset Heathlands
  • Ramsar wetland: Dorset Heathlands
  • National nature reserve: Holton Heath
  • 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 (16)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, national parks, National Landscapes, ancient woodland, 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.

Source: Dorset

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