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Ivy Cottage Downside Common Road Downside Cobham Surrey KT11 3NL

2025/3180Tree Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 2 January 2026

Council decision: Raise No ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Downside Village Conservation Area - One cypress tree located close to our house has been identified as the cause of cracking in the outside walls. Following a site visit on 24 November the surveyor appointed by the insurers has requested removal of this tree as soon as possible.

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cobham and Downside Ward
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided2 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ivy Cottage Downside Common Road Downside Cobham Surrey KT11 3NL. Elmbridge has handled 970 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 4 weeks quicker than Elmbridge's typical decision time. The site is in the Downside Village conservation area, with 1 listed building 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 3NL
Application type
Tree Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation start
23 December 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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)
  • Conservation area: Downside VillagePart of the 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: Elmbridge

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