Planning application
Castle Lodge Castle Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4ET
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
G1 Horse Chestnut. Re-Pollard back to previous pollard points. Reason for works: routine maintenance and T1 Oak Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 3 metres/ Current height: 24 metres Current spread: 20 metres. Height after works: 21 metres, spread after works: 18 metres. Reason for works: mitigate structural failure and routine maintenance. (Works subject to TPO 626/0035/1963).
As published by the council, reference TREE/2026/8047
Application record
- Reference
- TREE/2026/8047
- Type
- Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 4 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 4 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 27 Apr 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 4ET
Site history
Applications at this address on the Woking register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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TREE/2026/8145 Granted
Castle Lodge Castle Road Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4ET
T1: Indian Bean - Reduce and re balance crown by up to 2m to maintain balanced canopy, improve weight distribution across the crown, and reduce future branch failure (Works subject to TPO/626/0035/1963)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Mar 2026
Received by Woking
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27 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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11 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Redwood Tree Services Ltd Agent, a tree-works contractor registered in Guildford
Active · incorporated 2004 · Guildford
47 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils · 98% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- APPROVED - TPO TREES - DECISION
- DELEGATED REPORT
- ACK. - TREE - TPO
- WORKSHEET FOR PLANNING APPLICATION
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- TREE LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION OF WORKS
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Woking granted permission on 27 April 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
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