17 Shrublands Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5QS

TWA/25/0371Tree Works ApplicationWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 7 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 Single cherry tree to be felled and stump removed below surface. This is a single tree was planted/added after the initial TPO was made.

Received: 22 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Surrey Heath Borough Council
Ward: Lightwater

ReceivedReceived22 Dec
ValidatedValidated23 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Feb
DecidedDecided7 Jan

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 Shrublands Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5QS. Surrey Heath has handled 351 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 16 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lightwater. We hold 111 applications in total for the GU18 postcode area.

96% of trees applications at Surrey Heath Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: GU18 5QS
Application type: Tree Works Application
Scale / size: Small
District: TPO/2/83

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 December 2025
Target decision date: 17 February 2026
Permission expires: 7 January 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Paul Watts
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14585523
Comments: 0
Documents: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (22)

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, 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

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.

Source: Surrey Heath

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