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Shere Church Of England Aided Infant School, Gomshall Lane, Shere

26/T/00030Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

(T1) Ash- Fell to ground level (T2) Oak- Remove all deadwood (G3) Mixed group of trees - Fell to ground level 1x small Ash tagged 0786 and 1x hawthorn with canopy dieback tagged 0787 (T4) Sycamore - Fell to ground level (T5) Oak- Remove all deadwood (T6,T7) 2x Hornbeam hedges- Reduce both to final height of 1.8m (Shere Conservation Area).

Received
4 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received4 Feb
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.18 Mar
  4. Target18 Mar
  5. Decided9 Mar

Decided in 33 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Shere Church Of England Aided Infant School, Gomshall Lane, Shere. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Shere conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne.

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

Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 March 2026
Target decision date
18 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14679252
Comments
0
Documents
6

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: Shere
  • Listed building: Grade II: The White Horse Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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 (18)

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, 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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