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Wirmwood, Village Street, Newdigate

MO/2025/0928Tree Felling ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 August 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1 - Western Red Cedar. Reduce the canopy by up to 1 metre.

Submitted
27 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 83 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at Wirmwood, Village Street, Newdigate. Mole Valley has handled 265 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Newdigate conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 1 application across Capel, Leigh, Newdigate and Charlwood. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

81% of tree felling consent 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

Postcode
RH5 5DH
Application type
Tree Felling Consent

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area
  • Green belt: Mole Valley
  • 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 (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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Jun

    Beech Tree - T2 and Sycamore Tree - T3 Total reduction of height to approx. 5 metres in line with the…

    ApprovedTree Felling ConsentFiled alongsideMO/2025/0950
  2. 2025
    27 May

    T1 - Western Red Cedar. Reduce the canopy by up to 1 metre.

    This applicationApprovedTree Felling ConsentMO/2025/0928

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