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1-3 Cobham Park Gardens Downside Road Downside Cobham KT11 3LU

2025/2780Tree Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 27 November 2025

Council decision: Raise ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Cobham Plough Corner Conservation Area - Walnut Tree. For the general maintenance of the tree the tree surgeon has recommended a crown lift and reduce canopy by approximately 3-4 metres, cutting back to sufficient growth and maintaining a natural shape.

Received
21 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cobham and Downside Ward
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 37 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1-3 Cobham Park Gardens Downside Road Downside Cobham KT11 3LU. Elmbridge has handled 970 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 4 weeks quicker than Elmbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Cobham Plough Corner conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 141 applications across Cobham and Downside Ward. We hold 2,502 applications in total for the KT11 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
KT11 3LU
Application type
Tree Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025
Consultation start
29 October 2025
Target decision date
2 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Strutt & Parker,215 -217 High Street ,Guildford ,GU1 3BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 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 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Cobham Plough CornerPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Plough Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Elmbridge

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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