Fountain Court 21 Matham Road East Molesey Surrey KT8 0SX Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1546 - Tree Preservation Order Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Tree Preservation Order EL: - T1 - Cedar tree in back garden - tree has a height of approximately 21 metres and spread of approximately 16 metres. Proposed works are to reduce crown by approximately 1.5 - 2 metres, maintaining a flowing outline, observing BS 3998:2010, keeping pruning cuts greater than 30mm diameter, up to one third the diameter of the parent branch at suitable growth points, leaving the tree with a height of approximately 19 metres and spread of approximately 13 metres. Also requested is a secondary crown lift to a height of approximately 3-3.5 metres. Reasons for these works are to maintain the tree at a reasonable size suitable for location, give clearance from property, reduce end weight of branches to reduce future failures and allow light into garden property. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
22 Jul 2026

Approved on 22 Jul 2026 · Last checked 16 Sept 2026

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Site constraints 5

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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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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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. A site survey can differ.
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.
Also on the record
Flood defence about 21 m from the postcode pin (embankment, designed for a 1 in 200 year flood); Conservation area about 90 m away: East Molesey Old Village.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

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 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 6

Last sold for £1,450,000 in July 2024. Terraced house, freehold.

10 July 2024£1,450,000
25 May 2018£1,240,000
15 October 2015£1,010,000
10 September 2010£1,200,000
15 April 1998£442,500New build
27 June 1997£296,500

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Elmbridge
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Postcode
KT8 0SX
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Molesey East Ward
Decision
Grant Consent
Decision date
22 Jul 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 29 days from validation, 12 days faster than Elmbridge's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 88% of tree and landscaping works here are.

97%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
318decided in the last year

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

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2019 Approved
Tree Preservation Order EL:08/11 - Crown thin by 20% and crown reduce 1 x Cedar.
2019/0681
2019 Approved
Tree Preservation Order EL:08/11 - Crown thin by 20% and crown reduce 1 x Cedar.
2019/0681
2018 Approved
Single-storey side extension with balcony over following demolition of existing conservat…
2018/1100
2017 Refused
Single-storey side extension with balcony over following demolition of existing conservat…
2017/1827
2017 Refused
Single-storey side extension with balcony over following demolition of existing conservat…
2017/1827
2016 Refused
Single storey side extension following demolition of existing extension and front/side ex…
2016/2080
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Elmbridge
Planning Authority Score
2.6/10
Poor
#247 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Elmbridge ranks #195 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Elmbridge is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Elmbridge decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
77%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #277 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #281 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #195 of 296
44%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #178 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
195 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
15 decided (10+ homes)
72%
Change of use approved
32 decided
1,358
Total decisions
314 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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