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8 Compton Heights, Guildford, GU3 1DA

23/T/00173Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 10 August 2023

Council decision: Tree Works Approved With ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - JUDAS TREE: Remove dead wood.T2 - PURPLE LEAFED PLUM: Reduce by 1m in height & spread all round. Finished height to be 4m with a radial spread of 2m. T3 - CRAB APPLE: Reduce by 1m in height & spread all round. Finished height to be 4m with a radial spread of 2m. T4 - PHOTINIA: Reduce 0.5m in height & spread all round. Finished height to be 3m with a radial spread of 1.5m (TPO P1/201/280A)

Received
22 June 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shalford
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target17 Aug
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 8 Compton Heights, Guildford, GU3 1DA. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Shalford. We hold 568 applications in total for the GU3 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
GU3 1DA
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Compton

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2023
Consultation expiry
29 July 2023
Consultation start
7 July 2023
Consultation end
29 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
7 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
29 July 2023
Last date for comments
17 August 2023
Target decision date
17 August 2023
Decision issued
11 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dryad Tree Specialists
Agent address
Oak Hill, Wood Street Village, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 3ET

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
29 July 2023
Site notice end
29 July 2023

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.

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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