Land to rear of Lower road Playing field and The Lorne

MO/2026/01576Tree Felling ConsentAwaiting decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 -Mature Beech. To be carefully section felled to approximately ground level. T2 - Oak to rear of 34 The Lorne . To be crown reduced by 3 meters in height to give a final height of 12 meters . Longer laterals to be reduced by 4 meters to give a final crown spread of 8 meters.

Received: 5 October 2026
Decision due: 14 December 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Mole Valley District Council
Ward: Bookham West

ReceivedReceived5 Oct
ValidatedValidated19 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Dec
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a planning application at Land to rear of Lower road Playing field and The Lorne. Mole Valley has handled 265 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across Bookham West. We hold 277 applications in total for the KT23 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: KT23 4JZ
Application type: Tree Felling Consent
Parish: Non Parish Area

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Benton Arboriculture

Planning decision

Decision: PENDING
Case officer: Jordon Guenigault

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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: Mole Valley

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