The Old Vicarage, Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LX
Approved on 11 December 2024
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
(T1) Veteran Apple- Reduce back lateral growth to minimise risk of collapse. (T2) English Oak- Crown lift to leave 2.5m clearance over footpath and 5.3 m over highway (T3) Holm Oak- Crown lift minor growth to leave a 5.3m clearance, reduce back the branch tips by 2.5-3m to leave approximately 7m from trunk (max wound size 140mm diameter) (T4) Mature London Plane- Reduce back branch tips by approx 2m (max wound size 60mm). (Effingham Conservation area)
- Received
- 30 October 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Effingham
- ReceivedReceived30 Oct
- ValidatedValidated30 Oct
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided11 Dec
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage, Church Street, Effingham, Leatherhead, KT24 5LX. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Effingham conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 74 applications across Effingham. We hold 957 applications in total for the KT24 postcode area.
99% of trees applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- KT24 5LX
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Effingham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2024
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Effingham
- Green belt: GuildfordPart of the site
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
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.
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Source: Guildford
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