Planning application
St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
Works: Trees
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
TPO 030 STA - G001- 20 x Limes - Crown reduction, crown lifting and crown thinning to shrink overall height and spread of the canopy, remove lower branches and inner branches and re pollard back to previous cuts.
As published by the council, reference 26/01009/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01009/TPO
- Type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 28 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 28 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Ashford North And Stanwell South
- Parish
- Stanwell And Stanwell Moor ED
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- TW15 3DZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Spelthorne register
This site has had 4 applications since 2019: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/00445/TPO Granted
St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
TPO030STA - G008 - Installing a Root Barrier Block, due to tree root damage from 3 common Ash Trees (2 trees have tags on them - 0708 & 0631)
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19/00428/DC5 Granted
St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
Discharge of condition 10 in relation planning permission 19/00428/FUL 9 (Issue sheet and drainage verification report)
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19/00428/AMD Granted
St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
Minor Amendment to the previous application for the erection of new sports hall facility to include 4 no. badminton courts, fitness suite, 2 no. changing rooms, storage, first aid room and reception area. Demolition of existing multi use games area (MUGA) and provision of an outdoor 5-a side pitch and car park (as previously approved ref 19/00428/FUL) to include a reduction in the height of the building, reduced the covered viewing area and panelling has been reduced in size and removed on the rear elevation.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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28 Sep 2026
Received by Spelthorne
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8 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 23 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Spelthorne took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
St James Boys School Agent
1 application on PlanIndex
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
5 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Spelthorne for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Spelthorne decided tree works applications in a median of 48 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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
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St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
TPO030STA - G008 - Installing a Root Barrier Block, due to tree root damage from 3 common Ash Trees (2 trees have tags on them - 0708 & 0631)
Granted Trees 8 docs -
St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
Discharge of condition 10 in relation planning permission 19/00428/FUL 9 (Issue sheet and drainage verification report)
Granted Conditions 4 docs -
St James School Church Road Ashford TW15 3DZ
Minor Amendment to the previous application for the erection of new sports hall facility to include 4 no. badminton courts, fitness suite, 2 no. changing rooms, storage, first aid room and reception area. Demolition of existing multi use games area (MUGA) and provision of an outdoor 5-a side pitch and car park (as previously approved ref 19/00428/FUL) to include a reduction in the height of the building, reduced the covered viewing area and panelling has been reduced in size and removed on the rear elevation.
Granted Amendments Demolition 11 docs -
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Refused Telecoms 13 docs -
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Other tree works applications
In Spelthorne
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26/00956/TCA Decided
4B Church Street Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 6RG
Trees in the Lower Sunbury Conservation Area - Bay - Reduce the top of the tree by approx 40% to match adjacent gutter. Trim sides to tidy - Ash - Reduce overhang by cutting secondary growth only to previous pruning point. Up to a height of approx 7 meters.
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26/00972/TPO Granted
182 Thames Side Laleham Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2JH
TPO/27/STA G001 - Copper Beech - reduce tree by approximately 20% leaving a crown spread of no less than 5 metres and a finished height of no less than 12 metres.
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26/00984/TPO Decided
14 Parkside Place Staines-upon-Thames TW18 2QZ
TPO197 - G1 - Beech x8 - T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7 and T8 on plan - Reduce in height by 4-5 metres to previous reduction position and shape/pollard - T8 only - trim overhanging branches back to within 1.5m of boundary fencing and reduce the overhang over neighboring properties.
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26/00970/TCA Decided
The Old Ferry House Ferry Square Church Square Shepperton TW17 9JY
Tree in Shepperton Conservation Area - False Acicia (T1 on plan) - reduce in height by 4m and the width by 2m - resulting 12m high with a width of 7m.
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26/01004/TPO Decided
65 The Avenue Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5HY
TPO030SUN/T025 - 1 x Horse Chestnut to carefully hand remove existing surrounding paving slabs and replacement with permeable gravel path laid on existing sub-base.