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4 Cater Gardens, Guildford, GU3 3BY

25/T/00181Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 16 September 2025

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

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

Proposal

1) Conifer: height reduction of approx 2.5m (same height as the hedgerow), 2) Sycamore: 2m crown reduction, 3) Poplar - Crown reduced by up to 3m OR to previous reduction points (similar scope of works). Removal of epicormic growth from lower stem. Removal of all major dead wood (TPO P1/201/332)

Received
8 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Worplesdon
  1. Received8 Aug
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 4 Cater Gardens, Guildford, GU3 3BY. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Worplesdon. 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 3BY
Application type
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worplesdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
11 August 2025
Last date for comments
3 October 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14236632
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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