Planning application
48 High Street, Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4PA
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Please refer to photos provided: T2) - Horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) to reduce canopy by approximately 2-3m to leave a natural and well balanced tree. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points as per BS 3998. Lower epicormic growth on stem to be removed so that it doesn’t impede on adjacent building. Any dead wood within the canopy shall also be removed.
As published by the council, reference 2025/1293/TPO
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1293/TPO
- Type
- Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
- Status
- Decision Determined
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approved
- Received
- 7 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 7 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 11 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Bletchingley and Nutfield;Bletchingley and Nutfield;Bletchingley and Nutfield
- Parish
- Bletchingley;Bletchingley
- Postcode
- RH1 4PA
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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2025/1292/TCA Granted
48 High Street, Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4PA
Please refer to photos provided: T1) - Bay tree (Laurus nobilis) Stems to be reduced in height by approximately 4m to leave a maintainable 1.75m bush. T2) - TPO'd tree - submitted separate application.
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2020/1658/TPO Granted
48 High Street, Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4PA
T3) - Horse Chestnut – Raise Crown by removal of trunk epicormic growth. Reduce crown from appx 7m leaving a residual radial spread of appx 5m. Shorten low branches leaving appx 1m clearance from property 48 and phone lines. The Shortening of secondary or tertiary branches will not affect the overall shape and size of tree.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Nov 2025
Received by Tandridge
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11 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Approved
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
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Tandridge granted permission on 11 December 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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