Tanfield Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU
Approved on 6 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1. Cypress x 3 in woodland area by parking. Reduce height by approximately 50% to 5m tall.1. Height pre 10m post 5m crown spread pre 5m post 5m. T2. Dead Elm x 2 by boundary fence to graveyard. Fell to near ground level.2. Dead elm trees 5m tall T3. Cypress RHS of drive. Reduce height by approximately 50% to 8m tall.3. Height pre 16m post 8m crown spread pre 5m post 5m T4. Ash x 4 stems in corner by road at front. Carefully climb and dismantle to as close to ground level as possible.4. Ash group of 4 stems with ash dieback largest of group 8"diameter at base smallest 2". Fell T5. Dying Cypress RHS of begin of drive (behind Sycamore). Fell to as close to ground level as possible 5. Cypress in poor condition 5m tall T6. Sycamore by car park. Reduce back extended limbs from over car park by 3m 6. Sycamore height pre 10m post 10m crown spread pre 7m post 4m. Various cavities on stem to be cut back from parking area and reduce chance of branch breakage (West Clandon Conservation Area).
- Received
- 26 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Clandon & Horsley
- ReceivedReceived26 Jan
- ValidatedValidated26 Jan
- Consult.Consultation21 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Mar
- DecidedDecided6 Mar
Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Tanfield Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the West Clandon conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 300 applications across Clandon & Horsley. 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- GU4 7SU
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Clandon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Dave Ford Tree Care
- Agent address
- Old Inholms Farm, Inholms Lane, North Holmwood, Dorking, RH5 4JH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 21 February 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: West Clandon
- Green belt: Guildford
- 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, 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.
© 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Guildford
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