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23 St Lawrence Way, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5FD

2025/1264/TPOConsent under Tree Preservation OrdersDecided

Decided on 9 December 2025

Council decision: Split

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

REFERENCE NO: BRAZ_24.10.25 (Please quote on all correspondence) WORKS REQUIRED IN REAR GARDEN No.1) - Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum) • To reduce the crown by approximately 0.5 metres, leaving a well balanced shape. All branches will be cut to the nearest available growth point or side lateral branch. • To lift the lower canopy to access the flower bed beneath. • To reduce any branches that are encroaching the summer house to leave a clearance of approximately 0.5 metres. WORKS REQUIRED IN FRONT GARDEN No.2) - Right hand boundary - Pittosporum (Pittosporum species) plus two small adjacent Viburnum (Viburnum tinus) • To be carefully section felled to a workable ground level. The stump is to be cut flat in the same plane as the surrounding ground. No.3) - Front boundary - Japanese Cherry (Prunus serrulata) • To reduce the crown by approximately 50%, leaving a well balanced shape. All branches will be cut to the nearest available growth point or side lateral branch.

Submitted
31 October 2025
Ward
Westway;Westway
  1. Received31 Oct
  2. Validated31 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 39 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 23 St Lawrence Way, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5FD. Tandridge has handled 456 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Westway;Westway. We hold 365 applications in total for the CR3 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Tandridge District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CR3 5FD
Application type
Consent under Tree Preservation Orders
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Caterham-on-the-Hill;Caterham-on-the-Hill

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 October 2025
Target decision date
24 November 2025
Application expires
26 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref 2/1995/TAN
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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

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.

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