Barley Mow Wood Land N Waterers Park Btwn Barrs Lane And Barley Mow Lane Barley Mow Lane Knaphill Woking Surrey Data via plota.co.uk

TREE/2026/8226 - Work to trees/hedgerows Pending Consideration

Proposal

Works to be carried out as outlined the Management Plan for the site (2026-36) attached. (Works subject to TPO ). Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
around 8 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 29 Oct 2026, from Woking's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 5

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.
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Priority habitat: Deciduous woodland
A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath 27 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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

Council
Woking
Application type
Work to trees/hedgerows
Received
around 8 Sept 2026
Validated
8 Sept 2026
Ward
Knaphill
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. Woking usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 51.

Day 3125 days to the 56-day target
78%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
223decided 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 →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
3 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Woking
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#234 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder 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