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Land Adj Gorsewood Cottage St Johns Lye St Johns Woking Surrey

Granted Woking TREE/2025/8230 Works to Trees in a Conservation Area

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

5 x Fell trees - Level monitoring survey to property Gorsewood Cottage has indicated subsidence based on seasonal soil plasticity changes caused by 3 Oak tree roots. Additional 2 trees will have massively altered exposure as a result and should be felled also. Tree ID: #770041533 , 770041541, 770041538, 770054097 & 770041537. (Works within St Johns Conservation area).

As published by the council, reference TREE/2025/8230

Application record

Reference
TREE/2025/8230
Type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: No Objection
Received
15 Sep 2025
Validated
15 Sep 2025
Decided
21 Oct 2025
Ward
St Johns
Parish
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Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 15 Sep 2025

    Received by Woking

  2. 21 Oct 2025

    Decision issued: No Objection

  3. 12 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

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Woking Borough Council Hilary Harris Applicant

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Documents

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6 documents on file for this application

  • DELEGATED REPORT Report · 27 Oct 2025
  • NO OBJECTION - WORKS TO CA TREES - DECN Decision · 21 Oct 2025
  • ACK. - TREE - CONS AREA Correspondence · 26 Sep 2025
  • WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION Correspondence · 26 Sep 2025
  • APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 08 Sep 2025
  • TREE SURVEY REPORT Report · 08 Sep 2025

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What this grant of permission means

Woking granted permission on 21 October 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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