Weywood 9 Riverside Gardens Old Woking Woking Surrey GU22 9LJ Data via plota.co.uk

TREE/2026/8196 - Works to Trees in a Conservation Area Approved

Proposal

T1 : Willow, Old pollard, Re-pollard by removal of 2 meters growth. Leaving height of 5 meters and width of 3. (Works within Old Woking Village Conservation Area). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
3 Aug 2026
✓
Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 10 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Old 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 ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Flood defence 20 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Woking built-up area; Green belt 26 m away: London.
Not affected
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 £305,000 in August 2000. Detached house, freehold.

25 August 2000£305,000

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
GU22 9LJ
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Hoe Valley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
14 Sept 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
M&S Trees ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 37 days from validation, 14 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 10 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
14 Sept 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