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20 Lych Way Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QG

TREE/2026/8085Works to Trees Covered by a TPOApproved

Approved on 27 May 2026

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

1 : Small weeping Beech at front - Fell to ground level. 2 : Group of 5 x Beech RHS front - Fell to ground level. 4 : Sycamore RHS of house - Fell to ground level. 5 : Silver birch and Cypress rear boundary - Fell. 6 : Cypress rear boundary. Fell to as close to ground level as possible. All trees in poor condition and going to be replaced in new landscaping project. (Works subject to TPO 626/0117/1969).

Received
14 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Horsell
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 43 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Lych Way Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QG. Woking has handled 474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 13 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 191 applications across Horsell. 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 4QG
Application type
Works to Trees Covered by a TPO
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Dave Ford Tree Care
Agent address
Old Inholms Farm Inholms Lane North Holmwood Dorking RH5 4JH GB

Planning decision

Case officer
James Veats
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
11

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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