Planning application
9 St Mary's Mount, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6SJ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1- Beech tree- cut back lower branches by approx 1.5 meters on face of crown to the road for light to adjacent building T2,3 - Beech trees cut back crown on driveway side only by 1 meter- stop encroachment over driveway. T4,5,6,7,8,9 Beech trees- crown reduce by 30%- approx 2 meters off top of larger trees and 1.5 off smaller trees in this line- maintain a compact clean crown. Group 1- 5 cherry trees- 30% crown reduction on these trees, larger trees 3 meters off top, smaller trees 2 meters off top. To maintain smaller compact trees and improve light levels in properties adjacent. .
As published by the council, reference 2020/771/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 2020/771/TPO
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Decision Determined
- Decision
- Approved
- Received
- 27 Apr 2020
- Validated
- 27 Apr 2020
- Decided
- 17 Jun 2020
- Ward
- Harestone;Queens Park
- Parish
- Caterham Valley;Caterham-on-the-Hill
- Postcode
- CR3 6SJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tandridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2020: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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2025/978/TPO Granted
9 St Mary's Mount, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6SJ
01 - Various - Reduce height by 2m and crown lift over the footpath to 3m and cut back to barrier over the access road. 02 - 2 x Beech - Crown lift over the footpath to a height of 4m. 03 - Beech - Reduce the lateral over the road by 3 m. (From 8 m leaving a length of 5 m) 04 - Hazel and Hawthorn - Coppice at a height of 0.5m. 05 - Mixed hedge - Trim top as hard as possible and clients side.
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2021/605/TPO Granted
9 St Mary's Mount, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6SJ
T1- Cherry tree- Fell. T2) - Sycamore tree- remove 2x lowest southern branches (Approx 5m high 10cms diameter)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Apr 2020
Received by Tandridge
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17 Jun 2020
Decision issued: Approved
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2 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Tandridge granted permission on 17 June 2020, 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.
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.
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9 St Mary's Mount, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6SJ
01 - Various - Reduce height by 2m and crown lift over the footpath to 3m and cut back to barrier over the access road. 02 - 2 x Beech - Crown lift over the footpath to a height of 4m. 03 - Beech - Reduce the lateral over the road by 3 m. (From 8 m leaving a length of 5 m) 04 - Hazel and Hawthorn - Coppice at a height of 0.5m. 05 - Mixed hedge - Trim top as hard as possible and clients side.
Granted Trees -
15 St Mary's Mount, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6SJ
Please refer to treeline services tree report for schedule of works.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
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T1- Cherry tree- Fell. T2) - Sycamore tree- remove 2x lowest southern branches (Approx 5m high 10cms diameter)
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T1) - Group of Sycamore trees in the St Mary's Church garden - overhanging the residents parking area of Church Walk - Shorten the lateral branches that are overhanging the car park, shortening by 2.5m. All pruning cuts will be made strictly to appropriate growth points, measuring no less that 30% diameter of the parent branch. The remaining branch lengths will then measure no less than 6m. There will be no pruning work to the top of the trees. T3) - Yew tree in the St Mary's Church garden- Tip prune to shorten only the lateral branches that are extending towards the neighbour's house, shortening by no more than 2.5m. The remaining branch lengths will be no less than 8m. No pruning work to the top of the tree.