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The Harbour School Cologne Road Bovington BH20 6PF

P/TRT/2026/01428Tree Works- TPOApproved

Approved on 8 May 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

169 - Downy Birch - Crown lift canopy to 3m above car park. 170 - Silver Birch - Fell to ground level. 171 - Beech - Crown lift canopy to 3m above car park and footpath. 174 - Hornbeam - Crown lift to 3m over car park. 176 - Beech - Crown lift over footpath to 3m. 183 - English Oak - Remove lowest limb over road to junction approximately 40cm above trunk union, as indicated in the annotated photo submitted. 188 - Black Poplar - Crown lift to 5.2m over the road. 189 - Black Poplar - Crown lift to 5.2m over the road. 191 - Silver Birch - Fell to ground level. 202 - Black Poplar - Fell to ground level. 221 - Silver Birch - Crown lift to 3m. 225 - Silver Birch - Reduce subordinate stem by 3-4m to suitable growth points. 227 - Rowan - Fell to ground level. 228 - Ash - Fell to ground level. 230 - Ash - Fell to ground level. 231 - Yew - Fell to ground level. 232 - Common Lime - Reduce subordinate stem by 1-2m to suitable growth points. 235 - Downy Birch - Remove epicormic shoots to a height of 4m from ground level (amended description of works).

Submitted
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West Purbeck Ward
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Harbour School Cologne Road Bovington BH20 6PF. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 11 days longer than Dorset's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across West Purbeck 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 6PF
Application type
Tree Works- TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wool

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Harbour School Cologne Road Bovington Dorset BH20 6PF

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: Poole Harbour SPA/RamsarApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site · +1 more
  • Local nature reserve: Eight Acre WoodPart of the site
  • 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, 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, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, national 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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