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Old Manor Farm, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE

19/T/00227Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 September 2019

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - ash - fell and burn on site because of evidence of Ash Die Back (badly affected). Replace with 2 Acer saplings (already planted) on advice of Tree Surgeon. T2 - ash - fell and burn on site affected ash tree dangerously close to outbuildings. Don't replace there but plant compensatory tree as part of hedgerow project elsewhere on the farm.

Received
23 August 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shalford
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.4 Oct
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 38 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Old Manor Farm, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Shalford. 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 8NE
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shalford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2019
Last date for comments
4 October 2019
Target decision date
4 October 2019

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    27 Feb

    Erection of 4no. 4-bed dwellings and associated landscaping with access from Old Manor Lane.

    PendingFull Application26/P/00264
  2. 2025
    29 Jul

    Leylandii tree - fell to ground level (Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area)

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area25/T/00164
  3. 2024
    17 Dec

    Erection of 4no. 4-bed dwellings and associated landscaping with access from Old Manor Lane

    RefusedFull Application24/P/01821
  4. 2024
    22 Nov

    Fell 1 Cedar tree in Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area24/T/00302
  5. 2024
    13 May

    G1 Smaller Conifer hedge - reduce in height to the previous reduction points at approx 6m in height. G2…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area24/T/00117
  6. 2022
    28 Feb

    Proposed single storey side addition.

    ApprovedFull Application22/P/00321

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