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Butter Hill House, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2LE

Granted Mole Valley MO/2024/1636 Conservation Area Trees

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

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.

As published by the council, reference MO/2024/1636

Application record

Reference
MO/2024/1636
Type
Conservation Area Trees
Status
Determined
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Received
30 Sep 2024
Validated
30 Sep 2024
Decided
5 Nov 2024
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.

  • MO/2022/1748 Granted

    Butter Hill House, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2LE

    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.

    Decided 1 Mar 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Sep 2024

    Received by Mole Valley

  2. 5 Nov 2024

    Decision issued: NO OBJECTION

  3. 30 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Mole Valley granted permission on 5 November 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

Within 500 metres

  • Butter Hill House, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2LE

    MO/2022/1748 Submitted 13 Oct 2022 0m away

    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.

    Granted Trees 8 docs

  • ROSE HILL HOUSE ROSE HILL DORKING RH4 2EA

    MO/2025/02575 Submitted 22 Oct 2025 24m away

    01- Line of Magnolia - Reduce height by no more than 1 metre to previous points and prune the laterals to retain the pleached effect.

    Granted Trees 6 docs

  • Rose Hill House, Rose Hill, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2EA

    MO/2024/1612 Submitted 26 Sep 2024 24m away

    01 - Beech - Reduce overall size of crown by 2 metres, remove deadwood greater than 25mm in diameter.

    Granted Trees 2 docs

  • 24, Rose Hill, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2EA

    MO/2021/1002 Submitted 25 May 2021 55m away

    Remove one Western Red Cedar tree (marked 01 on submitted plan).

    Granted Trees 5 docs

  • 3 FLAT 2 VICTORIA TERRACE DORKING RH4 2LD

    MO/2026/00811 Submitted 2 Jun 2026 57m away

    T1 Sycamore reduce the overall size of crown by aproximately 2 meters back to previous reduction points and clear all phone wires. This tree is causing excessive shading.

    Granted Trees 4 docs

  • 38-40, South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 2HQ

    MO/2021/1105 Submitted 11 Jun 2021 64m away

    Discharge of condition 5 of approved planning permiossion MO/2020/0125 for the proposed change of use from Class B1 (Office) to use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) and the reorganisation of the internal layout to suit. (Listed Building Consent)

    Granted Conditions 11 docs
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