Wintershaw, Westcott Street, Westcott, RH4 3NU Data via plota.co.uk

MO/2026/01033 - Conservation Area Trees Approved

Proposal

T1. Yew tree by the kitchen. Trim and create a sphere shape, where possible, the pruning will be less than 0.5 of a metre. T2. Liquid Amber tree, left hand side of the garden. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. T3. Acer tree, bottom garden boundary. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres (back to the prior reduction points) and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. T4. Ash tree (mature), bottom garden boundary. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres (back to the prior reduction points) and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. T5. Acer tree, bottom garden boundary, right hand side. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres (back to the prior reduction points) and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. T6. Holly hedge, right hand side of the garden. Trim the garden side of the hedge and reduce the top in areas by approximately 1 metre, to make it as level as possible. T7. Photinia tree, right hand side of the garden. Trim the garden side and top of the tree, by removing the regrowth, the pruning will be less than 0.5 of a metre. T8. Laurel tree, right hand side of the garden. Trim and create a sphere shape, where possible, the pruning will be less than 0.5 of a metre. T9. Yew tree, right hand side of the garden. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres (back to the prior reduction points) and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. T10. Cherry tree (mature), right hand side of the garden. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres (back to the prior reduction points) and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. T11. Yew tree, front garden. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres, reducing the road side back more and to create a sphere shape, where possible. T12. Hornbeam tree, front garden. Reduce and reshape by approximately 1-2 metres (back to the prior reduction points) and thin by approximately 10%. Remove all dead or diseased wood and lift by approximately 3 metres above ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Validated
27 Jul 2026
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Approved
2 Sept 2026

Approved on 2 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 5 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Ancient woodland
Grade II listed: Wintershaw
List entry 1230154 · 2 m away · 4 more listed buildings within 150 m (4 Grade II)
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.
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Historic England ↗
Surrey Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Westcott 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Ancient woodlandCouncil record
Recorded by the council for this site.
Council site ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Westcott (Mole Valley) built-up area; Open access land 20 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.; 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 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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

Application type
Conservation Area Trees
Postcode
RH4 3NU
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
27 Jul 2026
Ward
Mickleham, Westcott & Okewood
Parish
Non Parish Area
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision
NO OBJECTION
Decision date
2 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
The Tree Associates (Surrey) Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 13 days faster than Mole Valley's median of 50 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 92% of tree and landscaping works here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
283decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP/2026/00936
Committee
16 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
7 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No
Mole Valley
Planning Authority Score
2.1/10
Poor
#270 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Mole Valley is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #240 out of 296. Mole Valley is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 76% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 76% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Mole Valley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
72%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #291 of 296
76%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #291 of 296
50%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #240 of 296
43%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #172 of 296
47%
Minor dwellings approved
114 decided (1-9 homes)
71%
Major dwellings approved
7 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
15 decided
913
Total decisions
259 refused in the year to March 2026