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Flat The Royal Oak Public House Anchor Hill Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2JH

TREE/2026/8206Permitted

Proposal

T1, T2 & T3 : Three mature Sycamore trees (Acer pseudoplatanus), located within the neighbouring property and overhanging the application property - Selectively prune the lateral branches overhanging the application property back to the established previous pruning points from the last pruning cycle, restoring approximately 2 metres of clearance where practicable. All pruning will be undertaken back to suitable growth points, maintaining balanced and natural crown forms. (Works with Lower Knaphill Conservation Area).

Received
12 August 2026
Decided
16 September 2026 · No Objection
Public comments
0 · last counted 11 October 2026
Ward
Knaphill
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received12 Aug
  2. Validated12 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 35 days

This is a planning application at Flat The Royal Oak Public House Anchor Hill Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2JH. Woking has handled 3,095 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 35 days, 3 weeks quicker than Woking's median. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
TREE/2026/8206
Address
Flat The Royal Oak Public House Anchor Hill Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2JH
Postcode
GU21 2JH
Local Authority
Woking
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Knaphill
Parish
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Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided
16 September 2026
Date Validated
12 August 2026
Date Submitted
12 August 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
No Objection
Case Officer
James Veats

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
10
Coordinates
51.321690, -0.610873
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Woking

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Lower KnaphillPart of the site
  • Green belt: WokingPart of the site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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