Planning application
23A Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area - T1 and T2 - Hornbeam 'Fastigiata' - Outgrowing their location, reduce height by 3m, from 6m to 3m and spread by 2m all round from 7m to 3m T3 - Box Elder - Crown reduce back to previous reduction points, reducing height by 3m, from 6m to 3m and spread by 1m all round from 4m to 2m T4 - Gleditsia - Crown reduce by 1.5m all round reducing height from 10m to 8.5m and spread from 10m to 7m.
As published by the council, reference 2024/2437
Application record
- Reference
- 2024/2437
- Type
- Tree Conservation Area
- Status
- Final Decision
- Decision
- Conservation Area Tree Works Acceptable
- Received
- 18 Sep 2024
- Validated
- 18 Sep 2024
- Decided
- 21 Oct 2024
- Ward
- Molesey East Ward
- Decision by
- Officer delegated
- Postcode
- KT8 0SX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Elmbridge register
This site has had 2 applications since 2023: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2023/0008 Granted
23A Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area - Crown reduce 1 x Magnolia by 2m and spread by 2m, 1 x Olive by 3m and spread by 1m and 1 x Holm Oak to previous points.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Sep 2024
Received by Elmbridge
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21 Oct 2024
Decision issued: Conservation Area Tree Works Acceptable
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Elmbridge granted permission on 21 October 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
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23A Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area - Crown reduce 1 x Magnolia by 2m and spread by 2m, 1 x Olive by 3m and spread by 1m and 1 x Holm Oak to previous points.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
23 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area - Fell 1 x Ash and remove approximately 4 dead branches 3 x Oak and 2 x Robina.
Granted Trees 3 docs -
23 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area - (T1) - To lift the lower branches & deadwood. Removing approx 2m from 3 branches. To maintain the health & shape of the tree. (T2) & (T3) - Remove dead wood. To maintain the health & shape of the tree. (T7) - To remove 1 x dead limb from the Robinia on the right hand boundary. To maintain the health & shape of the tree. (T6) - To remove the Holy on the right hand boundary. This was self set & is growing into the boundary fence. (T8) To tidy the lower branches of the Prunus in the middle of the garden. Removing approx 1.5m from 3 branches. To maintain the health & shape of the tree. (t5) - To remove 1 x branch from the Alnus at the bottom end of the garden, shortening one branch by approx 1.5 m To maintain the health & shape of the tree. (T4) - To lift the branches overhanging the greenhouse, from the neighbours Prunus on the left hand boundary. Approx 1.5m from 4 branches.
Decided Trees 4 docsSmall domestic -
Fountain Court 21 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
Tree Preservation Order EL:08/11 - T1 - Cedar tree in back garden - tree has a height of approximately 21 metres and spread of approximately 16 metres. Proposed works are to reduce crown by approximately 1.5 - 2 metres, maintaining a flowing outline, observing BS 3998:2010, keeping pruning cuts greater than 30mm diameter, up to one third the diameter of the parent branch at suitable growth points, leaving the tree with a height of approximately 19 metres and spread of approximately 13 metres. Also requested is a secondary crown lift to a height of approximately 3-3.5 metres. Reasons for these works are to maintain the tree at a reasonable size suitable for location, give clearance from property, reduce end weight of branches to reduce future failures and allow light into garden property.
Granted Trees 4 docs -
The Sanctuary 21 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area - Crown reduce height and lateral limbs between 1 and 1.5m of 1x Birch Tree. Removal of 1x Ash.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
25 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX
East Molesey Old Village Conservation Area: Oak. Crown lifting. Remove 2 lower branches to the East and two lower branches to the West. To improve general light levels for growing in the garden.
Granted Trees 4 docs
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