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Surrey County Constabulary Police Headquarters Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HG

24/T/00122Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 July 2024

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

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

Proposal

(G9) Sycamore - remove broken/overhanging branches, (G17) English Elm & Pine - Fell & grind, (G27) Pendunculate Oak - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target, (G29) Sycamore - Fell & grind, (T41) Pedunculate oak - Fell, (G5) Scots Pine - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target, (G7)Sycamore - Fell/Pine Species- Remove dead wood over 50mm in diameter over target/Sycamore-rune to clear building by 1m, (G15) Common Beech x2 - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target/Crown lift over car park by 2.5m, (G16) - Common Beech-Remove dead wood over 50mm over target/Prune specific branch&limbs. (G28) Pine Species & Silver Birch - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target, (G29) Pendunculate Oak - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target, (G30) Sycamore - Directional Fell. (T37) Sycamore - Prune to clear structure/wires/buildings by 1m, (T43) Common Beech - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target, (T53) Pedunculate Oak - Remove dead wood over 50mm over target, (G5) Sycamore - Crown lift over car park to 2.5m, (G8) Pendunculate Oak - Prune to clear building by 1m, (T51) Sycamore - Fell, (T9,T37) Sycamore - Sever & remove Ivy to 1.5m above ground level (Tree Preservation Order P1/201/116).

Received
15 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shalford
Agent
Ground Control ltd - 580369
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.29 Jul
  4. Target29 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 43 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Surrey County Constabulary Police Headquarters Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HG. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days. 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 1HG
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Artington

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2024
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2024
Last date for comments
29 July 2024
Target decision date
29 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ground Control ltd - 580369
Agent address
Kingfisher House, Radford Way, Billericay, CM12 0EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13067362
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.

  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • Brownfield land register: Surrey Police Headquarters, Mount Browne, Sandy Lane, GuildfordRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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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