Planning application
Butter Hill House, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2LE
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1. Yew tree - Crown reduce by up to 2m and crown lift to provide 3m ground clearance; T4. Holly tree - Lightly prune to remove overhang from steps and parking bay; T6. Prunus tree - Reduce canopy overhanging parking space (NW canopy) back to in-line with railings and reduce laterals overhanging entrance to steps by 1.5m; T7. Apple tree - Reduce limb overhanging road by 1.5m; T14. Holly - Fell to ground level and treat stump. Includes removal of deadwood from several trees as an exception.
As published by the council, reference MO/2022/1748
Application record
- Reference
- MO/2022/1748
- Type
- Conservation Area Trees
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- NO OBJECTION
- Received
- 13 Oct 2022
- Validated
- 29 Nov 2022
- Decided
- 1 Mar 2023
- Ward
- Dorking South
- Parish
- Dorking (Unparished)
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RH4 2LE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mole Valley register
This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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MO/2024/1636 Granted
Butter Hill House, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2LE
T1 x cherry crown lift and cut back over garage by 2 meters. T2 x Prunus to be reduced and shaped by apoximatelly 2 metres back to old pruning points. T3 x Birch to remove large front stem over neighbours and reduce the remainder of crown by approx 2.5 meters. T4 x Malus to reduce the overall size of crown by 2 meters. T5 x cherry dying fell to ground level.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Oct 2022
Received by Mole Valley
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29 Nov 2022
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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1 Mar 2023
Decision issued: NO OBJECTION
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19 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mole Valley granted permission on 1 March 2023, 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
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Butter Hill House, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2LE
T1 x cherry crown lift and cut back over garage by 2 meters. T2 x Prunus to be reduced and shaped by apoximatelly 2 metres back to old pruning points. T3 x Birch to remove large front stem over neighbours and reduce the remainder of crown by approx 2.5 meters. T4 x Malus to reduce the overall size of crown by 2 meters. T5 x cherry dying fell to ground level.
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