2 Garson Farm Cottages Winterdown Road Esher Surrey KT10 8LR Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0974 - Tree Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

West End Conservation Area - T1 Acacia - reduce back to previous pruning points (removing approx 3m of regrowth) T2 Magnolia - reduce back to previous pruning points (removing approx 2m of regrowth). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Apr 2026
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Approved
20 May 2026

Approved on 20 May 2026 · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 9

Local nature reserve: West End Common
Internationally or nationally protected for its wildlife. A habitats assessment is needed.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
SSSI: Esher Commons SSSI
Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
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. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
Read the government guidance ↗
West End 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Open access land
Open country or registered common land, with a right to roam on foot.
Building on registered common land needs the consent of the Secretary of State as well as planning permission.
Priority habitat: Lowland fens
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Habitat network: Lowland fens
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Tree Conservation Area
Postcode
KT10 8LR
Received
27 Apr 2026
Validated
27 Apr 2026
Ward
Esher Ward
Decision
Raise No Objection
Decision date
20 May 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 23 days from validation, 18 days faster than Elmbridge's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
318decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

5 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Farm Shop Garson Farm Winterdown Road Esher Surrey KT10 8LS
Extension to existing open-sided canopy.
2025/0948
2025 Approved
Farm Shop Garson Farm Winterdown Road Esher Surrey KT10 8LS
Extension to existing open-sided canopy.
2025/0948
2022 Approved
44 Winterdown Road Esher Surrey KT10 8LP
Single-storey side extension and alterations to fenestration following demolition of exis…
2022/3748
2022 Approved
44 Winterdown Road Esher Surrey KT10 8LP
Single-storey side extension and alterations to fenestration following demolition of exis…
2022/3748
2016 Approved
Farm Shop Garson Farm Winterdown Road Esher Surrey
Deed of Variation in respect to the S106 Agreement to remove the restriction of what can…
2016/1931
Elmbridge
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#247 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Elmbridge ranks #195 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Elmbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Elmbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #277 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #281 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #195 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #178 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
195 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,358
Total decisions
314 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings