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2026/1059/TPO Approved

Proposal

T1: 7 Beech trees: Reduce the longest overhanging lateral branches by up to 4 metres across seven trees situated along approximately 34 metres of the woodland edge, adjacent to the carport and vehicle parking area. The reduction should be progressively tapered, decreasing to no reduction where branches become naturally shorter higher within the crowns, to maintain an appropriate and balanced canopy profile. The reduction measurement will be reducing a canopy width overhang from 10 metres to 6 metres. The trees are growing along the woodland edge and have developed extended lateral branches towards available light, resulting in particularly long and heavily extended limbs in places. The client has previously experienced significant canopy failures associated with squirrel damage and the loading of these extended branches, resulting in damage to a vehicle and external structures. The proposed works are intended to reduce end-weight and the likelihood of further branch or canopy failure over the parking area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Sept 2026
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Approved
14 Oct 2026

Approved on 14 Oct 2026 · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

Limpsfield 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 ↗
17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Bull Inn, Grade II, about 3 m from the postcode pin · 4 Grade II*, 13 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.
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Historic England ↗
Public footpath about 23 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National landscape about 114 m away: Surrey Hills
Outside the landscape; its setting can still be raised.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Limpsfield built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, 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 19 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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Tandridge
Received
3 Sept 2026
Validated
3 Sept 2026
Parish
Limpsfield
Target decision
15 Oct 2026
Decision date
14 Oct 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, 4 days faster than Tandridge's median of 45 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 96% of tree and landscaping works here are.

94%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
211decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
27 Sept 2026
Tandridge
Planning Authority Score
2.3/10
Poor
#264 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Tandridge is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #234 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 56% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (90%) than the national average (90%).

Frequently extends decision deadlines
expect longer than the statutory limit
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Tandridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #228 of 296
90%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #196 of 296
51%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #234 of 296
56%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #255 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
122 decided (1-9 homes)
47%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
75%
Change of use approved
8 decided
701
Total decisions
113 refused in the year to March 2026