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St Catherines Court Rosefield Road Staines-upon-Thames

24/00340/TPOTree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 April 2024

Council decision: Grant TPO ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

TPO052/77 - T024 - 1 x Sycamore (shown as NT1 on submitted plan) - Prune away from the building by 1.5m to allow 1.5m of clearance. Finished radial spread of 1m. T056 - 1 x Holly (shown as T5 on submitted plan) - Prune to allow 0.5m clearance from the garage roof. 1 x Cherry Laurel - (Shown as T8 on submitted plan) - to fell. 1 x Yew - (Shown as T9 on submitted plan) - Prune to clear garage roof by 0.5m. T014 - 1 x Sycamore (Shown as T12 on submitted plan) - Remove large basal stems. Sever and remove 1.5m of Ivy from ground level. T012 - 1 x Sycamore (shown as T13 on submitted plan) - Sever Ivy. Pollard at 7m. T010 - 1 x Sycamore (shown as T14 on submitted plan) - Pollard at previous pollard points at 7m. T005 - 1 x Sycamore (shown as T19 on submitted plan) Reduce the height of the Eastern stem over neighbouring property by 2.5-3m and cut back by 2.5m. Finished radial spread of 4m. Mixed group of Cherry Laurel, Ivy and neighbouring Cypress (shown as G21 on submitted plan) - Prune all trees and branches to allow 1m of lateral clearance and 2m of vertical clearance from the garages. Crown lift to 4m over parking bays. T003 - 1 x Horse Chestnut (shown as T22 on submitted plan) - Pollard at 5.5m, leaving a scaffold framework of lateral limbs up to 2m radial spread. T002 - 1 x Horse Chestnut (shown as T23 on submitted plan) Reduce crown height by up 3m and sides by up to 2.5m to reduce stress on the main stem. Crown lift to 5m over the road. Finished height to be 14m with a 5m radial spread. T001 - 1 x Horse Chestnut (shown as T25 on submitted plan) - Reduce crown height by up 3m and sides by up to 2.5m to reduce stress on old pollard points. Crown lift to 5m over the road. Finished height to be 14m with a 5m radial spread. T048 - 1 x Flowering Cherry (shown as T27 on submitted plan) Reduce crown height by 2m and shape.

Received
14 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Staines
Agent
Dryad Tree Specialists Ltd
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated14 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target9 May
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at St Catherines Court Rosefield Road Staines-upon-Thames. Spelthorne has handled 130 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 2 weeks quicker than Spelthorne's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Staines.

98% of trees applications at Spelthorne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Staines ED

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 March 2024
Consultation expiry
19 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
22 March 2024
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2024
Last date for comments
19 April 2024
Target decision date
9 May 2024
Permission expires
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dryad Tree Specialists Ltd
Agent address
Oak Hill Wood Street Village Guildford GU3 3ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
19 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12891379
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO052Next to the site · +37 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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, 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

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