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Tanfield Cottage, The Street, West Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7SU

26/T/00021Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 6 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

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)
Ward
Clandon & Horsley
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided6 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

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14651245
Comments
0
Documents
12

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: West Clandon
  • Listed building: Grade II: Clandon RegisOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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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