Planning application
Woodbury Place Walpole Avenue Chipstead Surrey CR5 3PQ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
1. Ash front boundary - Remove major deadwood greater than 25mm diameter. Inonotus on limb leaning back in to garden, reduce this limb by up to 3 metres 22x15m works to prevent limb failure. 2. Ash - Remove major deadwood greater than 25mm in diameter, Remove broken limb to source and remove broken branch from the small stem leaning towards the road. Inspect the series of woodpecker holes in the main stem, take measurements of extent of decay and photos.22x15m exempt works. 3. Oak (twin stemmed) front boundary - Remove major deadwood greater than 25mm diameter 22x15m exempt works. 4. Field Maple front garden - Extensive decay in buttress roots, dieback in upper canopy - Fell to as close to ground level as possible 12x8m safety works
As published by the council, reference 25/01839/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01839/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Decided (Approved)
- Decision
- Approved with Conditions
- Received
- 13 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 13 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 9 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Chipstead, Kingswood And Woodmansterne
- Decision by
- Neighbourhood Development Manager
- Postcode
- CR5 3PQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Oct 2025
Received by Reigate and Banstead
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9 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved with Conditions
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 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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