68 High Street Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8LZ Data via plota.co.uk

TCA/26/0010 - Conservation Area (Trees) Approved

Proposal

T1 - Ash - fell and remove. (Works subject to Chobham Conservation Area) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Approved
2 Jun 2026

Approved on 2 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Chobham conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the West End and Chobham built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Conservation Area (Trees)
Postcode
GU24 8LZ
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
29 Apr 2026
Ward
Windlesham & Chobham
Parish
Chobham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
10 Jun 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
2 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
The Burch Group

How this decision compares

Decided in 34 days from validation, about the council's usual 33 days. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
186decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Surrey Heath in the last twelve months, from validation. Surrey Heath decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14888931
Env. assessment
No
Surrey Heath
Planning Authority Score
4.8/10
Below average
#163 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Surrey Heath ranks #134 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (87%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Surrey Heath decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #182 of 296
87%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #235 of 296
68%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #134 of 296
34%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #94 of 296
74%
Minor dwellings approved
39 decided (1-9 homes)
86%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
95%
Change of use approved
20 decided
600
Total decisions
78 refused in the year to March 2026