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Willow Reach, Hitherbury Close, Guildford, GU2 4DP

23/T/00197Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 15 September 2023

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

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

Proposal

Group 1, consisting of (West to east), 1 Yew ,2 box elder,3 holly, 4 conifer, 5 Yew. Tree 1 Yew, crown lift to 4 meters in height. Tree 2 Box elder, crown lift slightly by 1 meter and reduce remaining canopy to good shape. Tree 3 holly crown lift slightly, from West side trim using hedge cutter. Tree 4 Conifer, trim West side using hedge cutter. Tree 5 yew, trim height of retain as hedge at 6\7 feet (TPO - P1/201/44)

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
M&S Trees ltd
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.15 Sep
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Willow Reach, Hitherbury Close, Guildford, GU2 4DP. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Millmead and Portsmouth Road, Guildford conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 831 applications in total for the GU2 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
GU2 4DP
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Friary & St. Nicolas

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2023
Last date for comments
15 September 2023
Target decision date
15 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
M&S Trees ltd
Agent address
Blandings Farm, Wrecclesham Hill, Wrecclesham, Farnham, GU10 4JU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12330824
Comments
0
Documents
8

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: Millmead and Portsmouth Road, Guildford
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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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