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1 Sunnybank Cottages, Donhead St Mary, Shaftesbury, SP7 9DL

PL/2026/05962Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation areaApproved

Approved on 2 November 2026

Council decision: No Objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

1 x Walnut tree - 30% reduction, up to 3m reduction in height and width 1 x Apple tree - prune back to previous pruning points 1 x Mulberry tree - fell to ground level

Received
21 September 2026
Ward
Tisbury ED
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 1 SUNNYBANK COTTAGES, DONHEAD ST MARY, SHAFTESBURY, SP7 9DL. Wiltshire has handled 386 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Wiltshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Donhead St Mary conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Tisbury ED. We hold 1,993 applications in total for the SP7 postcode area.

100% of notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area applications at Wiltshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SP7 9DL
Application type
Notification of proposed works to trees in a conservation area
Parish
Donhead St. Mary CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Sue Morgan

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Donhead St Mary
  • Listed building: Grade II: Nos. 1 to 5 Sunnybank CottagesOn or next to this site
  • Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Avon SACApplies to new homes and overnight accommodation
  • National Landscape (AONB): Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Wiltshire

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