12 Woodgavil Banstead Surrey SM7 1AA

Pending 26/00407/TPO
Council
Date received
16 Apr 2026
Date validated
16 Apr 2026
Postcode
SM7 1AA

Description

T1- Cedar - Remove all major dead wood from the crown of the Cedar tree and inspect the tree for overall health. T2 - Sycamore - Reduce the overextended lateral limbs that are heavily overhanging the neighbours garden and homeowners outbuilding with two branches snapping recently a reduction of 1.5-2m on all overextended lateral limbs blending the reduction into the upper crown and removing all dead wood to create a well shaped and balanced crown. crown lift up to 4m to keep the branches away from the outbuilding roof. Remove all major dead wood. T3 - Cherry - Reduce the overextended lateral limbs and any branches to create a well shaped and balanced crow. Crown thin by approximately 20% to allow more dappled light in to the garden and grass area below. Remove all major dead wood. T4 - Sycamore - Reduce the overextended lateral limbs and crown lift to 4m to create a well shaped and balanced crow. thin the crown by approximately 20% to allow more dappled light into the garden and grass area below. The reason for all the above work is to keep the trees healthy and in good shape with out massively impacting the surrounding properties in a negative way. The neighbour has complained multiple times that there garden is being overtaken by the homeowners trees and although both properties love having the trees in the gardens they are now blocking all the light and killing the grass below and making the bottom of the gardens unusable due lack of light. All work listed above will be compliant with BS3998 and help reshape the trees and help contain them in a limited space with out detrimental effect.

Reigate
Planning Authority Score
7/10
Good
#62 of 292 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Reigate is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #72 out of 292. Only 26% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 40% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (92%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
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Reigate decision performance
Based on MHCLG data, 2025
87%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #171 of 292
92%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #152 of 292
76%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (64%) #72 of 292
26%
Extended time limit
Below avg (40%) #37 of 292
70%
Minor dwellings approved
113 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
30 decided
1,027
Total decisions
129 refused in 2025