Planning application
8, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Field Maple tree - crown reduce by 1.5m, crown thin by approximately 20%.
As published by the council, reference MO/2023/0339
Application record
- Reference
- MO/2023/0339
- Type
- Tree Felling Consent
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
- Received
- 8 Mar 2023
- Validated
- 8 Mar 2023
- Decided
- 2 May 2023
- Ward
- Dorking South
- Parish
- Dorking (Unparished)
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- RH4 3BF
Site history
Applications at this address on the Mole Valley register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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MO/2024/1367 Granted
8, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
01 - Field Maple - reduce overall size of crown by 1 metre. I would like to request a rolling application for trimming up to 1 metre annually to retain size of the tree and a healthy canopy.
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MO/2019/1892 Granted
8, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
Reduce the crown of one Maple tree (marked 01 on submitted plan) by approximately 2 metres and restructure the main outer branch form.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Mar 2023
Received by Mole Valley
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2 May 2023
Decision issued: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS
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3 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Mole Valley granted permission on 2 May 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
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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8, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
01 - Field Maple - reduce overall size of crown by 1 metre. I would like to request a rolling application for trimming up to 1 metre annually to retain size of the tree and a healthy canopy.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
8, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
Reduce the crown of one Maple tree (marked 01 on submitted plan) by approximately 2 metres and restructure the main outer branch form.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
9, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
01 - Oak - Crown reduce the overall size of the tree by upto 1.5m by selectively removing the larger stems of regeneration from the previous reduction points to leave a balanced canopy, remove the epicormic growth to the height of the crown break.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
4, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
Reduce height of one Horse Chestnut tree (marked 01 on submitted plan) by 2.5m and remove epicormic stem re-growths. (Remove deadwood greater than 25mm in diameter - exempt works).
Granted Trees 8 docs -
31, Highacre, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3BF
Reduce the crown of one Horse Chestnut tree (marked 01 on submitted plan) by 2 metres and remove epicormic growth to 6 metres (includes removal of dead wood and ivy - exempt works).
Split decision Trees 5 docs -
31 HIGHACRE DORKING RH4 3BF
01- Horse Chestnut - Reduce overall size of crown by up to 1.5 metres back to suitable growth points, the level of reduction is not to exceed the previous reduction points, remove deadwood within crown, remove epicormic growth to 6 metres and remove ivy from ground level. 02 - Catalpa - Carefully fell to near ground level.
Granted Trees 6 docs
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