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Beech Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EG

24/T/00276Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 December 2024

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Fell 1 Beech tree and Coppice 1 Hazel Tree by 2.5m in Compton Conservation Area.

Received
28 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shalford
  1. Received28 Oct
  2. Validated28 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided9 Dec

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Beech Cottage, The Street, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1EG. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Compton conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Shalford. We hold 566 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 1EG
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Compton

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 October 2024
Consultation expiry
23 November 2024
Consultation start
1 November 2024
Consultation end
23 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
30 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 November 2024
Last date for comments
9 December 2024
Target decision date
9 December 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 November 2024
Site notice end
23 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13518528
Comments
0
Documents
5

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: Compton
  • Listed building: Grade II: The LimesOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: Guildford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, 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, 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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