Watchmoor Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP
Approved on 3 August 2021
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
See Tree Schedule (Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area)
- Received
- 9 June 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Agent
- Treeline Services Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated1 Jul
- Consult.Consultation12 Aug
- TargetTarget Date12 Aug
- DecidedDecided3 Aug
Decided in 33 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Watchmoor Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Holmbury St Mary conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- RH5 6NP
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shere
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 July 2021
- Last date for comments
- 12 August 2021
- Target decision date
- 12 August 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Treeline Services Ltd
- Agent address
- Chadhurst Farm, Coldharbour Lane, Dorking, RH4 3JH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202515 May
Creation of parking area following partial demolition of garage and existing front wall, reconstruction of…
ApprovedFull Application25/P/00718 - 20213 Dec
Alterations to existing stone clad retaining wall at road level and new works to provide a new pedestrian…
RefusedFull Application21/P/02526 - 20186 Aug
Single storey rear extension. Removal of garage roof to provide new staircase to access rear garden.
ApprovedFull Application18/P/01548
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