3 Osborne Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5QU
Approved on 20 January 2026
Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
T3 - Oak - Crown reduction of 2m, current height 12m proposed height 10m. Current width 8m and proposed width 6m. Works subject to TPO/19/85
- Received
- 15 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Surrey Heath Borough Council
- Ward
- Lightwater
- Agent
- mb tree services LTD
- ReceivedReceived15 Jan
- ValidatedValidated15 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Mar
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 5 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a tree application at 3 Osborne Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5QU. Surrey Heath has handled 351 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 7 weeks quicker than Surrey Heath's typical decision time. 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 5QU
- Application type
- Tree Works Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Windlesham Parish Council
- District
- TPO/19/85
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- mb tree services LTD
- Agent address
- Mb Tree Services Ltd 15 Wensleydale Drive Camberley Gu15 1sp
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Paul Watts
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
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.
© 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: Surrey Heath
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