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Southfield House South Walks Road Dorchester DT1 1AD

P/TRT/2025/02580Tree Works- TPOApproved

Approved on 30 June 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 Copper Beech – selectively reduce lower laterals (tertiary and secondary branches only) on the east aspect by up 1.5m to limit the overhang T2 Copper Beech - selectively reduce lower laterals (tertiary and secondary branches only) on the east aspect by up 1.5m to limit the overhang T4 Yew - Reduce all aspects by 0.5m to reshape T5 Holm Oak - Reduce the south to south-western aspect by up to 1.5m, reduce in height by 1.5m & reduce back the western aspect overextended lateral by up to 1.5m T6. Western Red Cedar – reduce by up to 1m, reshape – lower laterals growing towards the building T9 Copper Beech – Prune to provide 1m clearance of the overhead cables by the pruning of tertiary and secondary branches only. Prune to provide 2m clearance of the dwelling by the pruning of tertiary and secondary branches only. Crown lift to 4m from ground level by the pruning of tertiary and secondary branches only.

Submitted
6 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorchester East Ward
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Southfield House South Walks Road Dorchester DT1 1AD. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 13 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorchester conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 45 applications across Dorchester East Ward. We hold 1,737 applications in total for the DT1 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
DT1 1AD
Application type
Tree Works- TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dorchester

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Unit 1 Charminster Farm Industrial Wanchard Lane Charminster DT2 9RP

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Dorchester Conservation Area 1Part of the site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Dorchester Conservation Area
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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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