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Hollowmead Higher Street Okeford Fitzpaine DT11 0RQ

P/TRT/2025/06892Tree Works- TPODecided

Decided on 12 December 2025

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Copper Beech (Fagus Sylvatica Purpurea) - Prune away from property to provide 2m clearance from the building, reduce crown to 40 feet from ground and lateral spread to 25 feet in overall diameter, remove dead wood and crown raise to 4m above ground level.

Submitted
18 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Blackmore Vale Ward
  1. Received18 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 Dec

Decided in 24 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hollowmead Higher Street Okeford Fitzpaine DT11 0RQ. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. The site is in the Okeford Fitzpaine conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 58 applications across Blackmore Vale Ward. We hold 2,461 applications in total for the DT11 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
DT11 0RQ
Application type
Tree Works- TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Okeford Fitzpaine

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Honeysuckle Cottage Purse Caundle Nr Sherborne DT9 5QZ

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Okeford Fitzpaine Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • National Landscape (AONB): Dorset
  • 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, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    2 Oct

    T1 - Beech - Fell.

    RefusedTree Works- Conservation AreaP/TRC/2025/05835

Source: Dorset

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