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Cliff Cottage, Abinger Road, Coldharbour

MO/2026/00881Conservation Area TreesApproved

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: NO OBJECTIONDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

T1- Prune back from house by 1.5m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998 to achieve 3m clearance. Prune upper canopy accordingly to balance as shown in picture. Top of tree to remain unpruned. Red line on photo indicates approximate level of pruning. To lessen overbearing impact of tree overhanging Cliff Cottage, reduce level of detritus fall onto roof and reduce leverage of tree rooted in bank leaning towards and asymmetrically orientated over Cliff Cottage. Clear branches from cables by 1.25m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998 to give 1m clearance. To prevent branches snapping cables T2- Prune back from Cliff Cottage by 3m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998. Prune upper canopy by 1m to balance as shown in picture. Top of tree to remain unpruned. Red line on photo indicates approximate level of pruning To lessen overbearing impact of tree overhanging Cliff Cottage, reduce level of detritus fall onto garage roof and reduce leverage of tree rooted in bank leaning towards and asymmetrically orientated towards Cliff Cottage. Clear branches from cables by 1m to suitable growth points in line with BS3998 to give 1m clearance To prevent branches snapping cables

Submitted
25 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received25 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Aug
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 36 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a garage at CLIFF COTTAGE, ABINGER ROAD, COLDHARBOUR. Mole Valley has handled 127 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 3 weeks quicker than Mole Valley's typical decision time. The site is in the Coldharbour conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Holmwoods & Beare Green. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

100% of conservation area 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 6HE
Application type
Conservation Area Trees

Planning application dates

Target decision date
6 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (16)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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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