Penn, Upper Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EZ
Approved on 16 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Works Approved With ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
(T1) Beech tree- raise crown to 8m by removing secondary branches to form even height crown to allow more light into bottom of garden and to open up view (TPO P1/201/46)
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- St Nicolas
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated14 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Mar
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided16 Mar
Decided in 61 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Penn, Upper Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EZ. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 3 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across St Nicolas. We hold 831 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 4EZ
- Application type
- Tree Preservation Order
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Friary & St. Nicolas
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 14 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 14 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Capel Tree Surgeons
- Agent address
- Runnymeade Farm, Reeds Lane, Southwater, Horsham West Sussex, RH13 9DQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14588942
- Documents
- 5
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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20262 Mar
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the replacement of existing timber…
ApprovedC of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev26/P/00276 - 202523 Sep
(T1) Beech tree- reduce in height by 3m and reduce sides by 2m, raise crown to 6m leaving at height of 20m…
Tree Works Approved With ConditionsTree Preservation Order25/T/00220
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