44 Swallow Rise Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LH

TREE/2026/8006Works to Trees Covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 18 February 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Oak (T1) in rear garden - North Easterly limb to be reduced by up to 3m to pull back within main canopy Remaining limbs to be reduced by up to 2.5m. (Works subject to TPO 626/0273/1981).

Received: 14 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Woking Borough Council
Ward: Knaphill

ReceivedReceived14 Jan
ValidatedValidated14 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Mar
DecidedDecided18 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 44 Swallow Rise Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2LH. Woking has handled 474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Knaphill. 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 2LH
Application type: Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 January 2026
Target decision date: 11 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Tree Care Company
Agent address: 87 Ash Road Woking GU22 0BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 7
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.

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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.

Source: Woking

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