Planning application
Lifeworks Community The Grange High Street Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 8LB
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Copper beech - take out major dead wood. Hornbeam with cable brace - reduce weight off tips by a metre. Holly - fell. (Works subject to TPO 626/0219/1976). Note : permission not required for deadwood.
As published by the council, reference TREE/2025/8314
Application record
- Reference
- TREE/2025/8314
- Type
- Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Permitted
- Received
- 11 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 7 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Hoe Valley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU22 8LB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Nov 2025
Received by Woking
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7 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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12 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Woking granted permission on 7 January 2026, 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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