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Hilda Cottage, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH

21/T/00156Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 17 June 2021

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Yew - Reduce sides by 1m, crown lift to 3m and deadwood, T2 Yew - Crown lift to 4m, T3 Fig tree, Crown lift to 3m and remove ivy, T4 Conifer - fell, T5 Acer - fell and ground out root ( Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area).

Received
17 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.28 Jun
  4. Target28 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 31 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Hilda Cottage, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 5 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Holmbury St Mary conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 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
RH5 6NH
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2021
Last date for comments
28 June 2021
Target decision date
28 June 2021
Decision issued
18 June 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Paigles, Pisley Lane, Ockley, Dorking, RH5 5PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Holmbury St Mary
  • Green belt: Guildford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    15 May

    Listed Building Consent for internal alterations (retrospective application).

    RefusedListed building consent26/P/00660
  2. 2022
    24 Mar

    Listed building consent for erection of detached carport following demolition of existing garage.

    ApprovedListed building consent22/P/00543
  3. 2022
    24 Mar

    Erection of detached carport following demolition of existing garage.

    ApprovedFull Application22/P/00542
  4. 2021
    22 Nov

    Erection of porch to northeast elevation, changes to fenestration and internal alterations.

    ApprovedFull Application21/P/02429
  5. 2021
    22 Nov

    Listed Building Consent for the erection of porch to northeast elevation, changes to fenestration and…

    ApprovedListed building consent21/P/02430
  6. 2021
    1 Sep

    Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed works to a listed building to re-roof kitchen using new or re-claimed…

    ApprovedListed building consent21/P/01905

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