Planning application
Royal Holloway Univerisyt Of London, Arboretum Egham Hill Egham Surrey TW20 0EX
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 heavily reduce the crown by a height of approximately 5 meters to the first major structural bifurcation. Remove main branch with a wood pecker hole present in a whole section and re-errect in the remaining tree to retain habitat. For the remaining dead branches, reduce their extent to retain areal deadwood but reduce the likelihood of failure
As published by the council, reference RU.26/0865
Application record
- Reference
- RU.26/0865
- Status
- Granted As published: FINAL DECISION
- Decision
- Granted As published: Tree- Grant works to tree covered by TPO
- Postcode
- TW20 0EX
Site history
Applications at this address on the Runnymede register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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RU.26/0140 Decided
Royal Holloway Univerisyt Of London, Arboretum Egham Hill Egham Surrey TW20 0EX
T1681, Robinia, To crown reduce tree by 2m. Major Deadwood (>25mm Diameter). Large areas of necrotic bark on stem and branches. T1563, Incense Cedar, To reduce height by 3m to ease weight on tight fork. Large wound from previous stem failure with decay noted on east side of stem at 5m Some small dead branches in crown. Growing in close proximity to neighboring buildings. T0237, Lawsons cypress, reduce height of tree by 4 metres. The tree is growing west over the adjacent property
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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30 Jul 2026
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What this grant of permission means
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