18 The Bothy Ottershaw Park Ottershaw Surrey KT16 0QG Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

T1 Beech: Clear BT lines near tree by 1m to suitable growth points. Customer has requested work as the tree in question is encroaching on broadband cables. The branches are hanging on the BT lines which are now bowing due to the weight. Work to clear the cables required to ensure future safety. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
8 Jul 2026
✓
Decided
11 Sept 2026

Decided on 11 Sept 2026 · Last checked 2 Oct 2026

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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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.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1133 m away: Southampton to London Pipeline Project; Priority habitat about 22 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, the Planning Inspectorate 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 3

Last sold for £895,000 in November 2019. Detached house, freehold.

8 November 2019£895,000
28 November 2002£550,000
21 March 1997£272,000

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

Building

Floor area255 m² (2,745 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (69 out of 100), could reach B
PropertyMid-terrace house, 6 habitable rooms
Built1967 to 1975
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in July 2018, 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
Runnymede
Postcode
KT16 0QG
Received
8 Jul 2026
Validated
8 Jul 2026
Case officer
Show
Decision date
11 Sept 2026
Runnymede
Planning Authority Score
5.2/10
Average
#140 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Runnymede ranks #108 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (89%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Runnymede decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
83%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #242 of 296
89%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #208 of 296
72%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #108 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #113 of 296
66%
Minor dwellings approved
74 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
55%
Change of use approved
11 decided
661
Total decisions
110 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.

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.