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17 St James Close St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7QF

TREE/2025/8355Works to Trees Covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 13 February 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

T1- Common Oak: Reduce height by 2m and spread by 2m, leaving height at 18m and spread at 13m after works, cut back to previous pruning points Works subject to TPO 626/0449/1995)

Received
23 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Johns
Agent
Redwood Tree Services Ltd
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 17 St James Close St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7QF. Woking has handled 474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 72 applications across St Johns. 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 7QF
Application type
Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2025
Target decision date
17 February 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Basingstoke CanalPart of the site

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 (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

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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