Oak Tree House, Tapners Road, Leigh

MO/2026/00175Tree Felling ConsentApproved

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: APPROVED WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)1 condition

Proposal

Oak tree reduce overhanging limbs by 2-4 metres or previous pruning points

Submitted: 10 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Mole Valley District Council

ReceivedSubmitted10 Feb
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Mar
DecidedDecided15 May

Decided in 94 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application at OAK TREE HOUSE, TAPNERS ROAD, LEIGH. Mole Valley has handled 265 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 5 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Leigh conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Capel, Leigh, Newdigate & Charlwood. We hold 911 applications in total for the RH2 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: RH2 8NN
Application type: Tree Felling Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Target decision date: 24 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: Leigh
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

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.

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: Mole Valley

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