Leigh Mill House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH Data via plota.co.uk

2026/868/TPO Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1) - Sweet Chestnut - northern side of tennis court - Lateral Crown Reduction. Reducing the spread of the southwestern aspect by 2-2.5 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth - 18x10m down to 18x7.5m 2) - Birch group - Northern side of tennis court - Lateral Crown Reduction. Reducing the spread of the southwestern aspect by 2-2.5 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth - 14x11m down to 14x8.5m 3) - Sweet Chestnut - northern side of tennis court in the corner - Lateral Crown Reduction. Reducing the spread of the southwestern aspect by 2-2.5 metres. All pruning cuts shall be made to suitable secondary growth points and shall maintain a stable platform for the expected regrowth - 16x10m down to 16x7.5m 4) - Cypress - eastern side of tennis court - Carefully climb and dismantle to as close to ground level as possible - 14x8m out completely 5) - Sycamore x 3 - southern side of tennis court - Carefully climb and dismantle to as close to ground level as possible - 18x16m tree group. Out completely All works are to prevent further damage to the tennis court playing surface Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
14 Jul 2026
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Approved
3 Sept 2026

Approved on 3 Sept 2026 · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 7

2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Old Pay House, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 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 ↗
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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Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 60 m away: Godstone Ponds SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument about 221 m away: Iron Age promontory fort in Castlehill Wood.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

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, 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.

Building

Floor area490 m² (5,274 sq ft)
Energy ratingD (59 out of 100), could reach C
PropertyDetached house, 17 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2014, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Tandridge
Postcode
RH9 8EH
Received
14 Jul 2026
Validated
14 Jul 2026
Parish
Godstone
Target decision
4 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
3 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 51 days from validation, 6 days slower 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
7 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

35 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
1) - Leyland Cypress, growing on edge of woodland area - Fell to ground level and replace…
2023/576/TPO
2023 Approved
1) - Leyland Cypress, growing on edge of woodland area - Fell to ground level and replace…
2023/576/TPO
2022 Approved
Installation of solar thermal panels on 'pool house' roof and photovoltaic panels on appl…
2022/883
2022 Approved
Installation of solar thermal panels on 'pool house' roof and photovoltaic panels on appl…
2022/883
2022 Approved
Proposed internal alterations with conversion of window forming an external door opening…
2022/117
2022 Approved
Proposed internal alterations with conversion of window forming an external door opening…
2022/117
2022 Approved
Proposed internal alterations with conversion of window forming an external door opening…
2022/68
2022 Approved
Proposed internal alterations with conversion of window forming an external door opening…
2022/68
2017 Approved
Erection of 1m x 3.2m free standing wall with house name. (Retrospective)
2017/540
2017 Approved
Erection of 1m x 3.2m free standing wall with house name. (Retrospective)
2017/540
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Decided
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Replace existing extensions to the listed building and erect a new two-storey rear extens…
2025/262
2025 Decided
The Old Pay House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Replace existing extensions to the listed building and erect a new two-storey rear extens…
2025/262
2025 Refused
The Old Pay House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Replace existing extensions to the listed building and erect a new two-storey rear extens…
2025/241
2025 Refused
The Old Pay House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Replace existing extensions to the listed building and erect a new two-storey rear extens…
2025/241
2023 Approved
Orchard House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Erection of two storey rear extension and single storey side extension. Installation of n…
2023/793
2023 Approved
Orchard House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Erection of two storey rear extension and single storey side extension. Installation of n…
2023/793
2023 Approved
The Old Pay House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Demolition of existing pool house and plant room buildings. Erection of a combined pool h…
2023/388
2023 Approved
The Old Pay House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Demolition of existing pool house and plant room buildings. Erection of a combined pool h…
2023/388
2020 Refused
Hopgarden Field, Eastbourne Road,, RH9 8EH
Erection of agricultural building (Notification of Agricultural Permitted Development)
2020/2145/N
2020 Refused
Hopgarden Field, Eastbourne Road,, RH9 8EH
Erection of agricultural building (Notification of Agricultural Permitted Development)
2020/2145/N
2019 Approved
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Sub-division of existing curtilage and conversion of outbuilding into 2-bed dwellinghouse…
2019/736
2019 Approved
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Sub-division of existing curtilage and conversion of outbuilding into 2-bed dwellinghouse…
2019/736
2018 Refused
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Conversion of existing outbuilding to create a `granny` annex involving external alterati…
2018/2467
2018 Approved
Mole Cottage, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Formation of vehicular access with associated dropped kerb (Amended description).
2018/2223
2017 Refused
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Conversion of existing outbuilding into an independent dwelling, removal of existing driv…
2017/2259
2017 Refused
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Conversion of existing outbuilding into an independent dwelling, removal of existing driv…
2017/2259
2016 Refused
Taylors Hill,eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Erection of rear/side extension with dormer windows in side roofslopes
2016/499
2023 Approved
Orchard House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Loft conversion with erection of a rear dormer to create habitable space. Minor internal…
2023/1358
2023 Approved
Orchard House, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Loft conversion with erection of a rear dormer to create habitable space. Minor internal…
2023/1358
2020 Approved
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Discharge of condition 4 (Arboricultural Survey and report) attached to PP 2019/736 dd 16…
2019/736/Cond1
2020 Approved
Smokey Hollow, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Discharge of condition 4 (Arboricultural Survey and report) attached to PP 2019/736 dd 16…
2019/736/Cond1
2019 Refused
Lynton, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Conversion of roofspace to habitable use to include rear dormer and 2 x front roof lights…
2019/1312
2019 Approved
Lynton, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Conversion of roof space from storage area to habitable use including rear dormer and vel…
2019/597
2019 Approved
Lynton, Eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Conversion of roof space from storage area to habitable use including rear dormer and vel…
2019/597
2017 Approved
Taylors Hill,eastbourne Road, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8EH
Stationing of temporary portacabins to relocate existing offices, sales and service area…
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.