Planning application
42 Tillingdown Hill, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6QL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Row of 17 common lime trees located across western boundary of plot. Specification to fell and remove x 4 smaller, overtopped and suppressed specimens to 'thin' row of trees and improve the long-term structure and future management of the arboricultural feature. To crown reduce in height and lateral spread the remaining trees by 30% leaving them no shorter than 15.5m tall and to retain a future cyclical management period, allowing re-pruning of the trees back to their previous pruning points, once every four years for a maximum of four cyclical events (i.e Initial pruning undertaken in 2025; 1st cyclical pruning event by 2029, 2nd by 2033, 3rd 2037, final and fourth by 2041. Following this a new TPO application would be required.).
As published by the council, reference 2025/1079/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1079/TPO
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Decision Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 17 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 17 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 10 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Harestone;Valley
- Parish
- Caterham Valley;Caterham Valley
- Postcode
- CR3 6QL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Tandridge register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/248 Granted
42 Tillingdown Hill, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6QL
Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey side extension and porch
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2024/968/TPO Granted
42 Tillingdown Hill, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 6QL
Please refer to photos provided: G1) - Line of Lime trees to be reduced by 30% in height and lifting crown lifting removing the epicormic growth.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2025
Received by Tandridge
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10 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
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Tandridge granted permission on 10 November 2025, 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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