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2 The Meerings Arne Road Ridge BH20 5EA, Oaks Barndale Drive Ridge BH20 5BX and April House 35 Arne Road Ridge BH20 5BH

P/TRT/2026/02868Tree Works- TPOApproved

Approved on 2 July 2026

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 English Oak (located at April House, 35 Arne Road) - Light pruning of regrowth over 2 The Meerings reducing back secondary branches to not less than 5.5m measured out from the stem back to suitable pruning points. T5 English Oak (located at Oaks, Barndale Drive) - Reduce 1st branch ascending SE low over garden of 2 The Meerings by not more than 1.5m back to suitable pruning points. T7 Scots Pine (located at 2 The Meerings) - Fell. T8 Scots Pine (located at 2 The Meerings) - Remove limb 1st ascending W of NE co-dominant stem back to point of origin. (Annotated in photograph) - Remove limb 2nd ascending of SW co-dominant stem back to point of origin. (Annotated in photograph) (Please refer to Tree Management & Liability Report Reference SW/TMS/363/26)

Submitted
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Wareham Ward
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a tree application at 2 The Meerings Arne Road Ridge BH20 5EA, Oaks Barndale Drive Ridge BH20 5BX and April House 35 Arne Road Ridge BH20 5BH. Dorset has handled 5,931 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 7 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.

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Application details

Postcode
BH20 5EA
Application type
Tree Works- TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Arne

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Kingston House 37 Corfe Road Stoborough Wareham BH20 5AD

Additional information

Documents
3

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
  • 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, 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, 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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