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Haven Cottage, The Square, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HG

23/T/00006Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 3 February 2023

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

G1 - group of x5 leyandi and mixed shrubs: fell and remove stumps to allow for landscaping works.

Received
6 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target17 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 28 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Haven Cottage, The Square, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HG. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 5 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Shere conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 420 applications in total for the GU5 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
GU5 9HG
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2023
Last date for comments
17 February 2023
Target decision date
17 February 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Foreman Tree Specialists
Agent address
16 Oak Hill, Woodstreet, GU3 3ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11822581
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: Shere
  • Listed building: Grade II: Little Besides House and PantrysOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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.

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