The Cloisters, London Road, Guildford, GU1 1FY
Approved on 30 March 2023
Council decision: Tree Works Approved With ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T2274 - HORSECHESTNUT: Remove broken hanging branch & tidy stubs. T1 - OVERHANGING NEIGHBOURS LIME (rear of flats): Reduce canopy over flats by 2m & remove deadwood. Finished radial spread of 5m. T2295 - SWEET CHESTNUT: Crown lift to 3m over the car park. T2303 - CORSICAN PINE: Remove. Tree with lost top. Decay in top of stem. T2304 - HORSE CHESTNUT: Reduce crown by 3m in height & spread all round. Tree previously pollarded. Decay in old pollards. Finished height to be 12m with a 4m radial spread. T2305 - CORSICAN PINE: Tree with 3 leaders. Remove stubs and install brace. T2309 - CORSICAN PINE: Tree with twin leader. Remove stubs and install brace.
- Received
- 5 January 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Burpham
- Agent
- Dryad Tree Specialists Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Jan
- ValidatedValidated5 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Mar
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 84 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Cloisters, London Road, Guildford, GU1 1FY. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 3 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Burpham. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 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
- GU1 1FY
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Burpham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 January 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 January 2023
- Last date for comments
- 2 March 2023
- Target decision date
- 2 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Dryad Tree Specialists Ltd
- Agent address
- Hesters Yard, Oak Hill, Wood Street Village, Guildford, GU3 3ET
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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