Bem Coffee 9 St Johns Road St Johns Woking Surrey GU21 7SE Data via plota.co.uk

TREE/2026/8218 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

Shrubs at side of car park - remove to ground level. T1x Japanese tree - Cut away from building to give a clearance of 2-3m final pruning cut will be no bigger than 40mm. Crown lift to 4M. T2- 1x Dead tee in car park area - Fell to ground level. T3 -1x Ash tree in car park - Cut away from building to give a clearance of 2-3m final pruning cut will be no bigger than 40mm. (Works within St Johns Conservation Aread) Note : Permission not required for deadwood. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 4 Sept 2026
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Approved
6 Oct 2026

Approved on 6 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

St John's, Woking 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 ↗
Public footpath 25 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
Inside the Woking built-up area; Green belt 60 m away: London; Open access land 22 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £300,000 in September 2006. Detached house, freehold.

8 September 2006£300,000

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 7SE
Received
around 4 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
St Johns
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 32 days from validation, 19 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
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

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
16 Oct 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.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use