Lucerne Cottage, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RN
Approved on 12 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T4 Elder: Self seeded within hedge too small to warrant an application G1 and G2 - Hedges (Exempt) T3 Acer Saccherinum (Silver Maple): Reduce by 2-3m Re pollard Routine maintenance T2 Salix Willow: thin by 5% to clean out crown and remove dead wood Good arb practice G1 Elms: Fell Justification: Dead / Dying (East Clandon Conservation Area).
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Clandon & Horsley
- Agent
- GraftinGardeners Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation7 Mar
- TargetTarget Date19 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Lucerne Cottage, Old Epsom Road, East Clandon, Guildford, GU4 7RN. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the East Clandon conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 299 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 7RN
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- East Clandon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 7 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 7 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 7 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 19 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 19 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- GraftinGardeners Ltd
- Agent address
- 45 Swanwick Close, Roehampton, London, SW15 4ES
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 7 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: East 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 (20)
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, 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.
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