The Old Forge, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Guildford, GU23 6NP
Approved on 9 November 2023
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Acacia - overall reduction of 3m, four Hollies - remove (Ockham Conservation Area).
- Received
- 2 October 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Send & Lovelace
- ReceivedReceived2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated2 Oct
- Consult.Consultation28 Oct
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided9 Nov
Decided in 38 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at The Old Forge, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Guildford, GU23 6NP. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Ockham conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 242 applications across Send & Lovelace. We hold 665 applications in total for the GU23 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
- GU23 6NP
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Ockham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 October 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 28 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 6 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 13 November 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Oakland tree surgeons
- Agent address
- Oakland Lodge, Wisley Lane, Wisley, GU23 6QA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 28 October 2023
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Ockham
- Green belt: 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 (20)
flood storage 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, 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
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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