2 Hurtbank Cottages, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH
Approved on 4 April 2022
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Mature Beech (P1) - sectionally dismantle and leaving the stump at around 12ft high; Oak (P2) - reduce up to 2 metres and remove the major deadwood (Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area).
- Received
- 28 February 2022
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Agent
- LJN Tree Surgery & Groundworks Ltd
- ReceivedReceived28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated28 Feb
- Consult.Consultation11 Apr
- TargetTarget Date11 Apr
- DecidedDecided4 Apr
Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 2 Hurtbank Cottages, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Holmbury St Mary conservation area. There have been 5 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 6NH
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shere
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 February 2022
- Last date for comments
- 11 April 2022
- Target decision date
- 11 April 2022
- Decision issued
- 5 April 2022
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- LJN Tree Surgery & Groundworks Ltd
- Agent address
- Isemongers farm, Peaslake Road, Forest Green, GU6 7NR
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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Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20268 Sep
T1 Monkey puzzle tree - Fell Leaving only a stump (Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area)
ApprovedApplication26/T/00240 - 202126 Jul
Non-material amendment of application 19/P/00251
ApprovedNon-material amendment21/N/00084 - 202116 Feb
Non-material amendment to planning application 19/P/00251
RefusedNon-material amendment21/N/00021 - 20207 Jul
Discharge of conditions 3 (Roof Tiles) 4 (Windows) re application 19/P/00251
ApprovedDischarge of conditions20/D/00082 - 201912 Feb
Side extension including room in roof with front and rear dormers, part removal of chimney stack and…
ApprovedFull Application19/P/00251
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