Planning application
4 Carolyn Close St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7SJ
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
English Oak ( St Johns Lye Festival Path) : Crown reduction 3-4m. (Works within Basingstoke Canal conservation area). (Permission not required for deadwood)
As published by the council, reference TREE/2025/8202
Application record
- Reference
- TREE/2025/8202
- Type
- Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: No Objection
- Received
- 15 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 15 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 26 Sep 2025
- Ward
- St Johns
- Parish
- Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab
- Decision by
- Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab
- Postcode
- GU21 7SJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Aug 2025
Received by Woking
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26 Sep 2025
Decision issued: No Objection
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- NO OBJECTION - WORKS TO CA TREES - DECN
- DELEGATED REPORT
- ACK. - TREE - CONS AREA
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- SITE MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF TREE770041780
- SITE MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF TREE
- 770041780 REASON FOR WORK
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Woking granted permission on 26 September 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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