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Gresham, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ

12/T/00136Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 10 September 2012

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

T1: Norway Maple - Remove to stem the lowest three limbs extending over the neighbouring garden. S: Adjacent Maple Sapling - Reduce lateral growth extending towards the plot by 1-2 meters, target pruning to establish future growth away from plot. (Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area).

Received
9 July 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
1st Call Trees Ltd.
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.20 Aug
  4. Target20 Aug
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Gresham, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days. The site is in the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 postcode area.

99% of trees applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU4 8NQ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Martha

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2012
Neighbour consultation start
16 August 2012
Last date for comments
20 August 2012
Target decision date
20 August 2012
Decision issued
11 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
1st Call Trees Ltd.
Agent address
Hazelbank Nursery, Tilford Street, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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