8 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UT
Approved on 20 May 2024
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
(T1) Sycamore - Raise the canopy to create 4m ground to canopy clearance. (T2) Ash - Raise the canopy to create 5m ground to canopy clearance. Remove major deadwood and dead ivy from the tree (deadwood exempt work). (T3) Magnolia - Raise the canopy to create 2.4m ground to canopy clearance. (T4) Sycamore - Raise the canopy to create 6m ground to canopy clearance, prune back the lateral profile from over the kids play area by 2.5m using drop crotch pruning techniques to leave an approx. finished branch length of 4.5m and remove major deadwood from the tree. (T5) Ash - Carry out a lateral reduction back from the garden by up to 3m using drop crotch pruning techniques to leave an approx. finished branch length of 4.5m and remove major deadwood from the tree. (T6) Triple stem Ash - Fell/remove. Extensive decay at the base and Ganoderma spp bracket present (T7) Sycamore - Raise the canopy to 5m from ground level and remove the major deadwood from over the garden Further deadwood removal is being carried out within the garden on other trees. Abbotswood Conservation area.
- Received
- 19 April 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Burpham
- ReceivedReceived19 Apr
- ValidatedValidated19 Apr
- Consult.Consultation31 May
- TargetTarget Date31 May
- DecidedDecided20 May
Decided in 31 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 8 Abbotswood, Guildford, GU1 1UT. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 31 days, 5 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Burpham. 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 1UT
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Burpham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 31 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 31 May 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Charterhouse Tree Care
- Agent address
- Wetwood Cottage, Chiddingfold Road, Dunsfold, Surrey, GU8 4PB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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