Little Brook, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE
Approved on 26 January 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Reduce Sycamore volume S1 by 40%, Coppice Holly H4 down to 1 metre high, Coppice Hazel Clump HZ down to 1 metre high, Reduce height of Leylandi L1 to L7 down by 40 %, Coppice Holly Clump H1 down to 1 metre high, Coppice False Cherry FC1 so as not to overhang lane, Reduce Holly Pair H2 & 3 by 40% in height.
- Received
- 15 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- ReceivedReceived15 Dec
- ValidatedValidated15 Dec
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date26 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Little Brook, Old Manor Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NE. 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 Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- GU4 8NE
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St. Martha
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 26 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202228 Feb
Western Red Cedars (P1 and P2) - remove (Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area).
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area22/T/00049 - 201921 Oct
Fell Sycamore (Chilworth Gunpowder Mills).
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area19/T/00280 - 201913 Aug
T1 sycamore - fell; T2, T3,T5 (all sycamores) and T4 (ash) - reduce by 40% T6 & T7 pine - reduce by 30%
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area19/T/00208 - 201720 Feb
New porch, removal of the timber cladding to the east elevation to be replaced with render and changes to…
ApprovedFull Application17/P/00396
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