Brae Cottage Church Hill Horsell Woking Surrey GU21 4QQ Data via plota.co.uk

TREE/2026/8117 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 - Cypress: Fell to near ground level and treat stump to inhibit regrowth, subsidence damage at neighbouring property Garden Cottage, GU21 4QQ (Waldens Park Rd - Conservation Areas) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 May 2026
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Approved
6 Jul 2026

Approved on 6 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 4

Horsell 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.
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Church of St Mary the Virgin, Grade II*, about 56 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 4 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Woking built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £1,540,000 in August 2024. Detached house, freehold.

2 August 2024£1,540,000
21 July 2017£1,365,000
28 October 2011£775,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Woking
Application type
Works to Trees in a Conservation Area
Postcode
GU21 4QQ
Received
26 May 2026
Validated
26 May 2026
Ward
Horsell
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Jul 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
6 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
MWA Arboriculture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 10 days faster than Woking's median of 51 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 94% of tree and landscaping works here are.

78%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
333decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
Woking
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#234 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Woking is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #217 out of 296. Woking is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Woking decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
82%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #254 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #258 of 296
54%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #217 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #136 of 296
55%
Minor dwellings approved
40 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
18 decided
736
Total decisions
133 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.