Larch Cottage, 10 Church Walk, Bletchingley, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 4PD Data via plota.co.uk

Approved 2026/899/TCA
Date received
20 Aug 2026
Date validated
20 Aug 2026
Decision date
28 Aug 2026
Postcode
RH1 4PD

Description

T1) - Group of Sycamore trees in the St Mary's Church garden - overhanging the residents parking area of Church Walk - Shorten the lateral branches that are overhanging the car park, shortening by 2.5m. All pruning cuts will be made strictly to appropriate growth points, measuring no less that 30% diameter of the parent branch. The remaining branch lengths will then measure no less than 6m. There will be no pruning work to the top of the trees. T3) - Yew tree in the St Mary's Church garden- Tip prune to shorten only the lateral branches that are extending towards the neighbour's house, shortening by no more than 2.5m. The remaining branch lengths will be no less than 8m. No pruning work to the top of the tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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How this decision compares

Decided in 8 days from validation, 36 days faster than Tandridge's median of 44 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 97% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
97%approved
92decided 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 8

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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Bletchingley 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 ↗
34 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 1, 2 and 3, Church Walk, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 30 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public footpath about 27 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Bletchingley built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £525,000 in April 2021. Terraced house, freehold.

30 April 2021£525,000
15 August 2013£415,000New build

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

Building

Floor area70 m² (753 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (80 out of 100)
PropertyEnd-terrace house
Built2012
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsAverage thermal transmittance 0.28 W/m²K

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2013, 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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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
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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

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.