St Josephs Catholic Primary School, 155 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8YH
Approved on 9 February 2026
Council decision: Tree Works Approved With ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
Proposal
T806 (Horse Chestnut): Reduce regrowth from lowest northern primary limb by up to 3m to leave a branch lengths of c4m from the primary branch union. Reduce regrowth from the lowest primary limb at 6m agl by 3m to leave a final branch length of c4m. Reduce regrowth from southern lowest primary limb by up to 3m to leave final lengths of c3m from the primary branch union. Reduce the vertical regrowth within eastern crown at 6m agl and 4m from main stem up to 3m to leave a final branch length of c3m from the horizontal primary branch union. T816 (Common Oak): Retrench the crown by reducing the height by up to 3m to leave a final height of approximately 14m and reduce the lateral radial spreads by up to 2m to leave radial spreads of approximately 5m, shaping the crown accordingly. T817 (Commons Oak): Remove ivy (TPO P1/201/401)
- Received
- 17 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Worplesdon
- ReceivedReceived17 Dec
- ValidatedValidated17 Dec
- Consult.Consultation26 Jan
- TargetTarget Date11 Feb
- DecidedDecided9 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Josephs Catholic Primary School, 155 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8YH. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days 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 830 applications in total for the GU2 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
- GU2 8YH
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Worplesdon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
- Agent address
- 155 AldershotRoad, Guildford, GU2 8YH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 26 January 2026
Site constraints
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.
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