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10 Park Hill Road Epsom Surrey KT17 1LG

26/00329/TPOConsent for Works to Preserved TreesRefused

Refused on 7 May 2026

Council decision: Application Refused2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Felling of Lawson Cypress G14 Ref 03/00620/TPO I was given permission to fell two of the three Lawson Cypress in 2003 refusal reason that it would be detrimental to the visual ammenity of the landscape character of the road. Since then T38 and T73 have been removed due to subsidence to both opposite properties. The lawson Cypress is 4.5 metres from the house and now over 20 metres tall.

Received
9 March 2026
Ward
Nonsuch
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 May

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 10 Park Hill Road Epsom Surrey KT17 1LG. Epsom and Ewell has handled 106 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Epsom and Ewell's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 95 applications across Nonsuch. 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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Why it was refused

  1. Harm to the Character of the Area The Cypress is a good quality specimen that makes an appreciable sylvan contribution to the street realm. Removal of the tree will denude this leafy character causing harm to landscape amenity. The proposal will have an adverse impact on the character and amenities of the local area, contrary to Policies CS1 and CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007, Policies DM5 and DM9 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015 and Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
  2. Lack of Justification The reasons given for the felling are not compelling in view of the harm the work will cause to amenity. No evidence has been submitted on the evaluation of any structural or physiological defects in the tree to justify the proposed works or that the extent of work proposed is necessary for any other justifiable reason. The risk of property subsidence damage is given as a reason for tree removal but it appears that the front of the property has been underpinned and there is no technical evidence of investigation or visual signs of damage to substantiate this reason. The likely harm to the character of the area from removal of the tree is contrary to Policies CS1 and CS5 of the Core Strategy 2007, Policies DM5 and DM9 of the Development Management Policies Document 2015 and Section 15 of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 23Part of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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: Epsom and Ewell

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