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St Clements RC Primary School Fennells Mead Ewell Surrey KT17 1TX

25/00457/TPOConsent for Works to Preserved TreesRefused

Refused on 8 September 2025

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

This application is for the felling of T1 Lombardy Poplar (394/T2) inside the main gates of St Clements School, Ewell. The Poplar has been reduced in the past and dead wooded on multiple occasions and still imposes a huge risk the the school building, staff members and most importantly the children. Multiple large limbs have snapped out in the past damaging cars parked below both in the train station car park and the staff parking that is directly below the tree. One large limb snapped out in high winds causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to the school impaling the roof of the building. The root system has lifted the tarmac considerably making a trip hazard for staff and students that walk, scooter and ride into the school gates with further issues implanting the main drains causing flooding at the front of the school entrance and blocking the guttering on the school roof. The tree has simply outgrown the space and given all the deciding factors we see no other than to safely fell the tree and replant a more suitable tree given the council approval. A site meeting would be beneficial to show the extent of damages caused over the last few years. All work will comply with BS3998

Received
17 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ewell Village
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 Sep

Decided in 144 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Clements RC Primary School Fennells Mead Ewell Surrey KT17 1TX. Epsom and Ewell has handled 106 applications of this type. This one was decided in 144 days, 14 weeks longer than Epsom and Ewell's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Ewell Village. We hold 671 applications in total for the KT17 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Epsom and Ewell Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
KT17 1TX
Application type
Consent for Works to Preserved Trees
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2025
Permission expires
8 September 2030

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Fair Oaks
Agent address
20 The Rise Tadworth KT20 5PT

Planning decision

Case officer
Jeremy Young

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Ewell VillagePart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Ewell VillagePart of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 394Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Heritage at Risk Register: Ewell Village
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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: Epsom and Ewell

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