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Piccards Rough, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF

26/T/00009Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 23 February 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

1 - Conifer tree - fell to ground level, 2 - Conifer Hedging - remove and replace with laurel hedging (St. Catherines Conservation Area)

Received
13 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shalford
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target24 Feb
  5. Decided23 Feb

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Piccards Rough, Sandy Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1HF. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the St Catherines Guildford Town Centre conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Shalford. We hold 570 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 1HF
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Artington

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2026
Last date for comments
24 February 2026
Target decision date
24 February 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14620272
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.

  • Conservation area: St Catherines Guildford Town Centre
  • Green belt: Guildford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    14 Jan

    Construction of porch canopy and repositioning of front door, changes to fenestration including installation…

    ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/P/00047
  2. 2026
    13 Jan

    1 - Conifer tree - fell to ground level, 2 - Conifer Hedging - remove and replace with laurel hedging (St…

    This applicationApprovedTrees26/T/00009

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