Land Adjacent To 9 Oakington Close Sunbury-on-Thames TW16 5AL Data via plota.co.uk

26/00510/TPO - Tree Preservation Order Approved

Proposal

- 1 x Oak to reduce crown by approximately 2 metres to leave a tree with a finished height of no less than 12 metres and a finished radial spread of no less than 6 metres. Remove lowest branch and crown lift remaining branches by the removal of secondary branches only to achieve a clearance from ground level of 4 metres. Thin remaining crown by 15%. Branches growing towards the property to be pruned back to clear the house structure by up to 2 metres. (amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 May 2026
✓
Consultation
20 May 2026
✓
Approved
15 Jun 2026

Approved on 15 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

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 ↗
Air quality management area: Spelthorne AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
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
Tree preservation order about 13 m away; Inside the Sunbury-on-Thames built-up area; Green belt about 95 m away: London.
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
Spelthorne
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
TW16 5AL
Received
18 May 2026
Validated
18 May 2026
Ward
Sunbury East
Parish
Lower Sunbury And Halliford ED
Case officer
Show
Target decision
13 Jul 2026
Decision
Grant TPO Consent
Decision date
15 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Forester Tree Care Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 28 days from validation, 18 days faster than Spelthorne's median of 46 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

83%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
82decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14922488
Planning Portal ref
PP-14922488
Neighbours
20 May 2026
Consultation
20 May 2026
Comments by
11 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
13 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Spelthorne
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#155 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Spelthorne ranks #124 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Spelthorne decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #258 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #225 of 296
70%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #124 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #106 of 296
57%
Minor dwellings approved
67 decided (1-9 homes)
57%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
46%
Change of use approved
26 decided
634
Total decisions
122 refused in the year to March 2026