Planning application
The Vicarage, Guildford Road, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3QB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Crown lift and cut back three Holm Oak trees (T4, T36 and T38 on the submitted plan) to give 5 metres ground clearance over and 2-3 metres clearance from the public highway and Vicarage access; and, clear back Yew and Rowan trees (G4A) by 1 metre from road signs.
As published by the council, reference MO/2021/1408
Application record
- Reference
- MO/2021/1408
- Type
- Conservation Area Trees
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- NO OBJECTION
- Received
- 28 Jul 2021
- Validated
- 28 Jul 2021
- Decided
- 3 Sep 2021
- Ward
- Westcott
- Parish
- Westcott (Unparished)
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RH4 3QB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Jul 2021
Received by Mole Valley
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3 Sep 2021
Decision issued: NO OBJECTION
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29 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About trees applications
How this application type works
Tree applications cover work to protected trees: those under a tree preservation order need consent for pruning or felling, and trees in a conservation area need six weeks written notice before work starts. The council assesses the amenity value of the tree and can refuse consent, approve it with conditions, or in conservation areas make a preservation order in response.
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