Planning application
20 Boscombe Close Egham Surrey TW20 8LX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
To remove deadwood & broken branches as well as one hazard beam growing to the east. Rebalance tree's crown by reducing growth on apically dominant branch at top by up to 5m, then reduce immediate lower branches on near side by 1.5 metres to balance, ensuring reduction works follow a 'drop crotching' methodology. Reduce remainder of tree's branches by between 1-3m to remove end weight and reduce potential for branch loss through snapping, using same pruning methodology, to create a balanced tree as an end product.
As published by the council, reference RU.25/1153
Application record
- Reference
- RU.25/1153
- Type
- Trees
- Status
- FINAL DECISION
- Decision
- Tree- Grant works to tree covered by TPO
- Received
- 9 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 21 Oct 2025
- Postcode
- TW20 8LX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Sep 2025
Received by Runnymede
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21 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Tree- Grant works to tree covered by TPO
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 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.
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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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