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28 Merrivale Gardens Woking Surrey GU21 3LX

TREE/2025/8328Works to Trees Covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1 : Oak - Crown reduce height and spread of the tree by up to 3 metres. Current Height: 20 metres, current Spread: 15 metres. Reason for work: Crown reduction to manage one overextended limb. T2 : Fell to ground level stack remove all arisings from site. Reason for work: Multiple cavities. Previous tear out at union with large limb growing out by neighbours shed. (Works subject to TPO/0048/2008).

Received
24 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Goldsworth Park
Agent
Redwood Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 28 Merrivale Gardens Woking Surrey GU21 3LX. Woking has handled 474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Goldsworth Park. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

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

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Application details

Postcode
GU21 3LX
Application type
Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2025
Target decision date
19 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Redwood Tree Services Ltd
Agent address
Elm Nursery Sutton Green Road Guildford GU4 7QD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
10

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.

Source: Woking

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