2025
Approved
Request for Formal Consultation on Material Changes under Part 4.8 of the Faculty Jurisdi…
Church Of St Nicholas, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW Data via plota.co.uk
Approved
2026/328/TCA
Description
Please refer to photos provided: G1) - 9 x Limes - To re pollard adjacent to the path. To continue ongoing management of the trees and maintain trees crowns within proximity to surroundings. T1)- Holly - To fell single dead Holly (exempt). Data via plota.co.uk
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How this decision compares
Decided in 40 days from validation, 7 days faster than Tandridge's median of 47 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.
This one40d
Council47d
UK36d
93%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
75decided 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 →
Site constraints 4
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.
Godstone (Church Town) 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.
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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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Historical activity at this location
31 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2025
Approved
Request for Formal Consultation on Material Changes under Part 4.8 of the Faculty Jurisdi…
2023
Approved
Please refer to list of trees - Trees and the work required are detailed in the separate…
2023
Approved
Please refer to list of trees - Trees and the work required are detailed in the separate…
2019
Approved
Leyland cypress (507) - Fell. Originally four stems at ground level with included bark. O…
2019
Approved
Leyland cypress (507) - Fell. Originally four stems at ground level with included bark. O…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Withdrawn
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Demolition of an existing non-original timber stable/outbuilding. Erection of a replaceme…
2025
Withdrawn
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Demolition of an existing non-original timber stable/outbuilding. Erection of a replaceme…
2025
Approved
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Demolition of an existing non-original timber stable/outbuilding. Erection of a replaceme…
2025
Approved
St Marys Homes, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Internal alterations to flat 7 & 8 to provide 2x self contained flats. (Listed Building C…
2025
Approved
St Marys Homes, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Internal alterations to flat 7 & 8 to provide 2x self contained flats. (Listed Building C…
2025
Approved
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
T1) - Green dot - Reduce the whole canopy sides by 1.5 metres, from a total width of 13 m…
2025
Approved
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
T1) - Green dot - Reduce the whole canopy sides by 1.5 metres, from a total width of 13 m…
2024
Approved
Church House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Cherry - Reduce height by 2/2.5 metres leaving residual height of approximately 6 metres…
2024
Approved
Church House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Cherry - Reduce height by 2/2.5 metres leaving residual height of approximately 6 metres…
2023
Approved
Beech House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
T1) - Beech - To fell to ground level. (Please refer to photos provided.)
2023
Approved
Beech House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
T1) - Beech - To fell to ground level. (Please refer to photos provided.)
2023
Approved
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Yew hedge - remove. (Please refer to photos provided.)
2023
Approved
Potters Cottage, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Yew hedge - remove. (Please refer to photos provided.)
2023
Approved
Walkingstead, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Restoration and refurbishment of existing single storey outbuilding.
2023
Approved
Walkingstead, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Restoration and refurbishment of existing single storey outbuilding.
2023
Approved
Walkingstead, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Restoration and refurbishment of existing single storey outbuilding.
2023
Approved
Walkingstead, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Restoration and refurbishment of existing single storey outbuilding.
2023
Approved
Beech House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
T1) - Horse Chestnut - To fell tree in rear garden to ground level. (Please refer to phot…
2023
Approved
Beech House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
T1) - Horse Chestnut - To fell tree in rear garden to ground level. (Please refer to phot…
2021
Refused
Claytiles, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Erection of a treehouse
2019
Approved
Beech House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Beech (T1) (on Church Lane) - deadwood clear utilities; crown lift to 5m; cut back from w…
2017
Approved
Church House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Erection of raised roof ridge by 500 mm incorporating roof light and window to north elev…
2017
Approved
The Bay House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Removal of existing chimney stack. Erection of replacement chimney stack.
2017
Approved
Church House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Fell 1 x fig tree
2017
Approved
Church House, Church Lane, Godstone, Surrey, RH9 8BW
Fell 1 x fig tree
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.
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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