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Heath Cottage, Alms Heath, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NZ

24/T/00251Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 29 November 2024

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

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

Proposal

Oak (T1) - Reduce overall canopy by approximately 2m to appropriate growth points and thin the canopy by 30%. (TPO 1975 No.2)

Received
3 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Agent
TreeLab Services
  1. Received3 Oct
  2. Validated3 Oct
  3. Consult.28 Nov
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided29 Nov

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Heath Cottage, Alms Heath, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NZ. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 6 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Ockham conservation area. There have been 2 other applications 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 6NZ
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ockham

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
8 October 2024
Last date for comments
28 November 2024
Target decision date
28 November 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
TreeLab Services
Agent address
38 Newton Wood Road, Ashtead, KT21 1NP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13446732
Comments
0
Documents
7

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: 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

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.

Source: Guildford

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