Planning application
The Cedar House Hook Heath Gardens Woking Surrey GU22 0QG
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Details of trees and works (by photo)Photo 1 - T1: Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) multi-stem conifer beside steps - Fell. Photo 2 T2: Leyland cypress (Cuprocyparis leylandii) - dense green conifer (left) - Fell. T3: Blue Arizona/Blue Lawson-type cypress (Cupressus arizonica -Blue Ice or similar) blue-grey conifer (right) - Fell. Photo 3 T4: Blue Arizona/Blue Lawson-type cypress - tall blue-grey conifer - Fell. T5: Standard privet (Ligustrum sp.) - lollipop-shaped small tree - Fell. Photo 4 (by pool) -T6: Leyland cypress - first of two tall conifers behind pool - Fell. T7: Leyland cypress - second tall conifer behind pool - Fell. Photo 5 (rear boundary/patio) - T8: Leyland cypress - multi-stem boundary conifer (left of pair) - Fell. T9: Leyland cypress - boundary conifer (right of pair) - Fell. (The client is happy to replace the removed trees with more appropriate, specified species as part of the replanting scheme). (Works subject to TPO 626/0349/1987).
As published by the council, reference TREE/2025/8246
Application record
- Reference
- TREE/2025/8246
- Type
- Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 23 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 23 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 14 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Heathlands
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU22 0QG
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Sep 2025
Received by Woking
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14 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Permitted
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Woking granted permission on 14 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.
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