The Vicarage, Guildford Road, Westcott
Proposal
T1 - Reduce trees canopy by approximately 3–4 metres, forming a pollard and pruning back to suitable growth points.
- Received
- 7 October 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 November 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Mole Valley District Council
- Ward
- Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Nov
- DecidedDecided
This is a planning application at THE VICARAGE, GUILDFORD ROAD, WESTCOTT. Mole Valley has handled 120 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 41 days. It was submitted on 7 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Westcott conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 176 applications across Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood. We hold 451 applications in total for the RH4 postcode area.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
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Publicity
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Additional Information
Source: Mole Valley
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Sep
T1: Multi-stem Lime - Fell to ground level.
WithdrawnConservation Area TreesMO/2026/01241 - 202626 Aug
T1 - Lime - Fell to ground level, lapsed pollard, tree has low amenity value.
WithdrawnConservation Area TreesMO/2026/01239 - 202619 Mar
Discharge of Condition 6 of planning permission MO/2021/1744/PLA
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMO/2026/00408 - 202518 Dec
Discharge of Condition 5 of approved planning permission MO/2021/1744
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMO/2026/00039 - 20257 Nov
Non-material amendment to planning permission MO/2021/1744
RefusedNon-material amendmentMO/2025/02616 - 202514 Aug
Discharge of Condition 13 of approved planning application MO/2021/1744
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMO/2025/02119 - 202515 May
Variation of condition 2 of approved planning MO/2021/1744
RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)MO/2025/0871 - 202528 Apr
Discharge of condition 3 of approved planning MO/2021/1744
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsMO/2025/0753
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area+1 more
- National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
- Brownfield land register: The Vicarage, Guildford Road, Westcott, Dorking, Surrey, RH4 3QBRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (18)
flood storage areas, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 5.7 miLeatherheadRTPI
- 9.2 miWeybridgeRTPI
- 10.8 miGodalmingRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
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