32 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QH

26/T/00023Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo) - Crown Reduction by 1.5m and Crown Lift by 1.7m (Onslow Conservation Area)

Received: 26 January 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Guildford Borough Council
Ward: Onslow

ReceivedReceived26 Jan
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation6 Apr
TargetTarget Date6 Apr
DecidedDecided12 Mar

Decided in 17 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at 32 Litchfield Way, Guildford, GU2 7QH. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Onslow Village conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 80 applications across Onslow. 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 7QH
Application type: Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Onslow

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 February 2026
Last date for comments: 6 April 2026
Target decision date: 6 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 3

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: Onslow Village
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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Guildford

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