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16 Ling Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5PA

TWA/26/0035Tree Works ApplicationApproved

Approved on 17 February 2026

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Oak - Crown Reduction - Reducing the height and spread of the tree by up to 2 metres. All arisings to be removed from site. Reduce branches over property by up to 3m. Leaving tree 21m tall 18m wide. Customer is very keen to reduce height of this tree as he is concerned about potential danger to life/damage to property in high winds. It has not been reduced in size or width for several years and customer would also like to complete the above work for general maintenance reasons.

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lightwater
Agent
A Cut Above (Surrey) Ltd
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 13 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 16 Ling Drive Lightwater Surrey GU18 5PA. Surrey Heath has handled 351 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 6 weeks quicker than Surrey Heath's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 5PA
Application type
Tree Works Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Target decision date
1 April 2026
Permission expires
17 February 2031

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
A Cut Above (Surrey) Ltd
Agent address
Unit 1C Tenacre Farm Stonehill Road Ottershaw KT16 0AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Paul Watts
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14674675
Comments
0
Documents
7

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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    6 Sep

    T1 Oak crown redution 4 metres.

    RefusedTree Works ApplicationTWA/24/0221

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