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St Nicholas Cottage Quality Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3BB

Granted Reigate and Banstead 22/00450/CAN Conservation Area Notice

Works: Trees Small domestic

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

Proposal

T3 Laurel group rear LHS Remove Elder and dead stem within and shape to tidy by removing up to half a metre in height 4x1m and reduce laurel group 4x1.5m down to 3.5x1m. to allow light in to rear of property. T4 Sycamore rear garden Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance from ground level 18x9m tree. To allow light into garden and open up view from the house. T5 Yews and Hazel rear garden LHS Reduce encroachment towards boundary line by up to 2 metres. Yew behind shed reduce encroachment to edge of shed and shape also approximately 2 metre off 7x5m down to 7x3m To allow light on to bed beneath and open up view of the whole garden from the house. T6 Silver Birch Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance from ground level 14x8m tree, To open up view from the house. T7 Hawthorn and plum Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 1 metre. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth 4x4m down to 3x3m Growing close to listed wall, works to prevent further repairs to wall. T8 Apple Crown Reduction - Reducing the height of the tree by up to 1 metres and lateral spread by 2 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth 5x6m down to 4x4m Growing close to listed wall, works to prevent further repairs to wall.

As published by the council, reference 22/00450/CAN

Application record

Reference
22/00450/CAN
Type
Conservation Area Notice
Status
Decided (Approved)
Decision
Granted As published: Approved
Received
24 Feb 2022
Validated
24 Feb 2022
Decided
30 Mar 2022
Ward
Hooley, Merstham And Netherne
Decision by
Principal Planning Officer
Postcode
RH1 3BB

Site history

Applications at this address on the Reigate and Banstead register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 23/00916/CAN Granted

    St Nicholas Cottage Quality Street Merstham Surrey RH1 3BB

    The silver birch proposed to be removed

    Decided 9 Jun 2023 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 24 Feb 2022

    Received by Reigate and Banstead

  2. 30 Mar 2022

    Decision issued: Approved

  3. 25 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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10 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Reigate and Banstead granted permission on 30 March 2022, 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.

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