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18 Churchfields West Molesey Surrey KT8 1PU

2025/0418Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 3 April 2025

Council decision: Grant ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Tree Preservation Order EL:169 - T3: Lime tree. Remove all growth up to a height of 3m or 4m and all sucker and basal growth. Provide clearance and access to garden shed/fence on an ongoing basis. Provide sunlight to rest of garden which has now died due to lack of natural sunlight over last year from tree height.

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Molesey West Ward
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 18 Churchfields West Molesey Surrey KT8 1PU. Elmbridge has handled 970 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than Elmbridge's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Molesey West Ward. We hold 1,549 applications in total for the KT8 postcode area.

86% of trees applications at Elmbridge Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
KT8 1PU
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Consultation start
25 February 2025
Target decision date
14 April 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Elmbridge

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