30 Grove Road, Guildford, GU1 2HP

25/T/00276Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 23 December 2025

Council decision: Tree Works Approved With ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Beech tree Reduce by 3 meters leaving 19 m in height (TPO P1/201/381).

Received: 12 November 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Guildford Borough Council
Ward: Merrow
Agent: Brackendale Tree Care Ltd

ReceivedReceived12 Nov
ValidatedValidated12 Nov
Consult.Consultation7 Jan
TargetTarget Date7 Jan
DecidedDecided23 Dec

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 30 Grove Road, Guildford, GU1 2HP. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 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 81 applications across Merrow. 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 2HP
Application type: Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Merrow

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 20 November 2025
Last date for comments: 7 January 2026
Target decision date: 7 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Brackendale Tree Care Ltd
Agent address: Unit 4, Home Farm, Loseley Park, Guildford, GU3 1HS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14483320
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.

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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© 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.

Source: Guildford

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