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Grove Avenue Sutton

TREE2023/00041Fell Trees in Conservation AreaRefused

Refused on 25 May 2023

Council decision: ObjectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Ash (T3)- Crown Reduce the height and spread by up to 4m; Western Red Cedar (T4)- Clear garage by 0.5m; Apple (T7) - Fell; Purple Plum (T8) - Crown Reduce the height and spread by up to 2m; Cherry (T9)- Fell; Apple (T10) - Fell; Purple Plum (T11) - Fell.

Received
14 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Sutton West & East Cheam
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided25 May

Decided in 41 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at Grove Avenue Sutton. Sutton has handled 66 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 2 weeks quicker than Sutton's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 83 applications across Sutton West & East Cheam.

94% of trees applications at London Borough of Sutton were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Fell Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2023
Consultation expiry
19 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 May 2023
Target decision date
26 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dave Ford Tree Care
Agent address
Old Inholms Farm Inholms Lane North Holmwood Dorking RH5 4JH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Site notice end
19 May 2023

Additional information

Documents
6
Constraints
68

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

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Source: Sutton

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