Planning application
5 Purbeck Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4HL
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
T1 - Lime tree: Remove lowest branches and epicormic growth (overhanging garden of no.5 Purbeck Drive) lift canopy by 6m and reduce branches above (upto approx 10m) by 1-1.5m to increase light into garden (Works subject to TPO 626/0035/1963) *Same work previously applied for, granted permission for and carried out to adjacent Lime Tree*
As published by the council, reference TREE/2025/8339
Application record
- Reference
- TREE/2025/8339
- Type
- Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 4 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Horsell
- 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 4HL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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TREE/2025/8207 Granted
5 Purbeck Drive Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4HL
T1 - lime tree: Remove lowest branches and epicormic growth (overhangs of no.5 Purbeck Drive) lift canopy by 6m, reduce branches above by 10m, by 1-1.5m to increase light into garden. T2 - Chestnut: Remove epicormic growth and branches, lift canopy by 4m to clear pavement. (Works subject to TPO 626/0035/1963)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Dec 2025
Received by Woking
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16 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
7 documents on file for this application
- DELEGATED REPORT
- APPROVED - TPO TREES - DECISION
- ACK. - TREE - TPO
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- STATEMENT OF WORKS AND LOCATION OF TREE
- SITE MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF TREE
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Woking granted permission on 16 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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