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Elmwood Fern Lane Wallis Wood RH5 5RE

MO/2026/00455Tree Felling ConsentApproved

Approved on 5 June 2026

Council decision: APPROVE WITH CONDITIONSDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T5 - Cut branches away from phone cables to ensure there is 0.5 clearance from the cable. Reduce eastern upright stem down to below where it is rubbing on the oak tree (approximately 5m height) T10 - Reduce lowest branch on north side from 9m to 6m T13 - Fell tree and replace with 1 No. Silver Birch (Betula pendula) or Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) T14 - Fell tree and replace with 1 No. Silver Birch (Betula pendula) or Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) T21 - Reduce crown on north south and west sides by 2-3m to rebalance crown shape T22 - Reduce canopy on south west side away from offsite house by 1-2m T23 - Remove deadwood. Reduce the three lowest side limbs so that the canopy extends no more than 6m in each direction T25 - Fell tree and replace with 1 no. Field Maple (Acer campestre) T26 - Fell tree and replace with 1 no. Field Maple (Acer campestre) T28 - Fell tree and replace with 1 no. Field Maple (Acer campestre)

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
Agent
T Grayshaw Arboriculture Ltd
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 127 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at ELMWOOD FERN LANE WALLIS WOOD RH5 5RE. Mole Valley has handled 557 applications of this type. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than Mole Valley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

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

Postcode
RH5 5RE
Application type
Tree Felling Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Abinger

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026
Committee meeting
9 February 2026
Application expires
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
T Grayshaw Arboriculture Ltd

Planning decision

Case officer
Thomas Gregory

Additional information

UPRN
200000168562
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodlandPart 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, conservation 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, 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: Mole Valley

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