Planning application
56 Ewell Downs Road Ewell Surrey KT17 3BN
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Rear: Spruce - Fell to ground level Acacia - (60/T28) - Fell to ground level Purple Plum - Fell to ground level Front Ash - Fell to ground level Sycamore - Fell to ground level Holly - Fell to ground level 2 Lawsonia - Fell to ground level
As published by the council, reference 26/00545/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00545/TPO
- Type
- Consent for Works to Preserved Trees
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 24 May 2026
- Validated
- 24 May 2026
- Ward
- Nonsuch
- Postcode
- KT17 3BN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Epsom and Ewell register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/01276/FLHF Granted
56 Ewell Downs Road Ewell Surrey KT17 3BN
Single storey side and rear extension incorporating roof lights following demolition of existing garage
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 May 2026
Received by Epsom and Ewell
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 19 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Epsom and Ewell took a median of 52 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Oakland tree surgeons Agent, a tree-works contractor
17 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 100% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
- ACKTPO
- INVAL
- Application Form - without Personal data
- Sketch Plan
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Epsom and Ewell for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Epsom and Ewell decided tree works applications in a median of 52 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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
Within 500 metres
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56 Ewell Downs Road Ewell Surrey KT17 3BN
Single storey side and rear extension incorporating roof lights following demolition of existing garage
Granted Householder Extension Loft or dormer +1 15 docsSmall domestic -
59 Ewell Downs Road Ewell Surrey KT17 3BU
T1 Prunus: Reduce canopy by 1m leaving a height of 3m and spread of 4m. T2 Prunus: Reduce height by 3m and laterals by 1m leaving a height of 5m and spread of 3m T3 Prunus: Reduce canopy by 0.5m leaving a height of 3m and spread of 4m
Granted Trees 7 docs -
59 Ewell Downs Road Ewell Surrey KT17 3BU
Beech (60/T23) outside 59 Ewell Downs Road - Reduce height only by 3-4m and shape to form a blended and balanced crown Sorbus outside 40a Ewell Downs Road - Remove Cherry outside 41 Ewell Downs Road - Lightly reduce back overhang from road (approx 1m) and raise canopy for vehicle clearance. Hornbeam outside 28 Ewell Downs Road - Raise canopy over footpath to 2.5m Cherry outside 5 Ewell Downs Road - Raise canopy over footpath to 2.5m Acacia outside 1a Ewell Downs Road - reduce height only by 3m
Granted Trees 9 docs -
44 The Green Ewell Surrey KT17 3JJ
Lawson Cypress 'Elwoodii' (T1). Outgrowing space and main stems splaying apart. Fell. Yew (T2). Trained as topiary/hedging. Outgrowing space. Fell. Lawson Cypress 'Elwoodii' (T3). Suffered historic stem failures/storm damage resulting in very open/sparse crown and poor aesthetic appearance. Fell to increase space for adjacent trees.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
36 The Green Ewell Surrey KT17 3JJ
T1,T2,T3 Leyland Cypress conifer - reduce height to 15ft and pruning back spread to suitable live growth points. T4 Leyland Cypress conifer (at 46 Ewell Downs Road) - reduce back to suitable live growth points
Granted Trees -
36 The Green Ewell Surrey KT17 3JJ
97% historically approved · decision due ~22 Sep
Copper Maple (T19) - Clean out dead wood. 1. Dead wooding: Remove dead, dying, diseased, and damaged branches throughout the crown to improve tree safety and health. 2. Crown thinning: Selectively remove a proportion of secondary and tertiary branch growth (no more than 10%) evenly throughout the crown to reduce density, improve light penetration, and increase air circulation. Especially to rear of tree given the large dead branches 3. Crown reduction: Reduce the crown height by up to 2.0m (20%) and radial spread by up to 1.5m, pruning back to suitable strong growing points. Improve tree health and structural safety, balance, and maintain the tree in good condition in line with good arboricultural management. See attached plan and photo
Awaiting decision Trees 5 docs
Other tree works applications
In Epsom and Ewell
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26/00995/TPO Awaiting decision
2 The Green Ewell Surrey KT17 3JN
T1 - Beech (60/T11) - Reduce laterally spreading limbs on the South East side by approximately 3-4 meters, raise crown by 3-4 meters - Large tree within distance of house garage & rear building is very close to all
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26/01013/TPO Awaiting decision
12 Beech Road Epsom Surrey KT17 4NH
Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) T1 in the back garden. Works proposed: Crown reduction by approximately 20-25%, crown lift to 3m above ground level, and removal of deadwood. Reason for works: The tree has not been pruned for approximately seven years and has developed an overly dense canopy, with several extended limbs encroaching toward the property and neighbouring gardens.
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26/00977/TPO Awaiting decision
17 Downs Road Epsom Surrey KT18 5JF
T002-Common beech - Back Garden - Fell to the height of 6 metres from ground level or level with the base of the fork on the main stems.
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26/01020/TPO Awaiting decision
St Martins Church Of England Infant School Worple Road Epsom Surrey KT18 7AA
Horse Chestnut (T1) L1/W3: a. Conduct a selective reduction of the over extended lateral growth in the upper crown, which is overhanging pre-school, reducing by approx. 1.5-2.0m into the natural canopy line. b. Crown thin the lower crown and formative prune of the lower epicormic growth by 15%. c. Reduce lateral spread on the main scaffold branches with decay pockets on the North side, and East side, by up to 2m to suitable growth points, as detailed in the climbing inspection report. St Martin's Infant/Pre-school has experienced previous branch failure, T1.
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26/00524/TPO Granted
Linden Bridge School Grafton Road Worcester Park Surrey KT4 7JW
2 x Poplar - (L1/W1): Remove limb growing over neighbour and remove the smaller limb below, cut back all laterals of the hazel to the fence line