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Parsonage Square, Station Road, Dorking, Surrey

MO/2024/1018Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 7 August 2024

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1. Lime x 12 - Crown Lift to provide 5 metres clearance from ground level all round. Reduce building side to edge of road and clear around street lamp by 1 metre 14 x7 m average size, works to clear footpath as requested by council T2. Maple LHS of car park entrance - Clear street lamp by 1 metre 12 x 9m safety works T4. Silver Birch - Crown Reduction. Reducing the height of the tree by up to 3 metres and lateral spread by half a metre. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth 16 x7 m down to 13 x 6m. Tall drawn up tree. Works to balance and maintain the tree within its surroundings.

Received
26 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dorking North
  1. Received26 Jun
  2. Validated26 Jun
  3. Consult.26 Jul
  4. Target7 Aug
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 42 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Parsonage Square, Station Road, Dorking, Surrey. Mole Valley has handled 557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 2 weeks quicker than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorking conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 107 applications across Dorking North.

94% of trees applications at Mole Valley District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Dorking (Unparished)

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 June 2024
Consultation expiry
26 July 2024
Consultation end
26 July 2024
Target decision date
7 August 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

First advertised
5 July 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13189796
UPRN
200000171318
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: DorkingPart 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Source: Mole Valley

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