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20 Waterden Road, Guildford, GU1 2AY

23/T/00245Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 5 October 2023

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 (Beech tree) - Reduce by 2-3 metres, leave 17m in height in spread. T2 (Walnut tree) - Fell to ground level. T3 & T4 (2 walnut trees) - Reduce by 2 meters leaving 6m in height and 3m spread. T5 (Laurel tree) - Fell to ground level. T6 (Sycamore tree) - Reduce down to old cuts (reduce by 4-5 m leaving 4m in height). Waterden Road Conservation Area.

Received
8 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
Brackendale Tree Care Ltd
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target20 Oct
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 27 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 20 Waterden Road, Guildford, GU1 2AY. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 5 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Waterden Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. 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 2AY
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holy Trinity

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2023
Last date for comments
20 October 2023
Target decision date
20 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Brackendale Tree Care Ltd
Agent address
Unit 4, Home Farm, Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12443660
Comments
0
Documents
9

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: Waterden Road
  • 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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