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11 Smiles Place Woking Surrey GU22 8BJ

TREE/2025/8336Works to Trees Covered by a TPORefused

Refused on 16 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

2 x Sycamore trees: Fell (Works subject to TPO 626/0070/1964)

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Mount Hermon
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 11 Smiles Place Woking Surrey GU22 8BJ. Woking has handled 474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 12 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Mount Hermon. We hold 747 applications in total for the GU22 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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Why it was refused

  1. The Acer trees in question have high public amenity value, making a significant contribution to the character of the area. The applicant has not provided any justification or reasons for the felling. The loss of these trees will have a negative impact on the sylvan character of the area. Therefore the application is refused.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU22 8BJ
Application type
Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Target decision date
28 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Fine Pruning
Agent address
76 Evans Wharf Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP3 9WN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
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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