3 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX
Approved on 3 March 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Tree No. 1 ? Mature Beech (Fagus sylvatica) Consent is sought to remove four individual limbs from the above tree (Guildford town centre Conservation Area).
- Received
- 9 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle
- Agent
- M Welby Ltd
- ReceivedReceived9 Feb
- ValidatedValidated9 Feb
- Consult.Consultation7 Mar
- TargetTarget Date23 Mar
- DecidedDecided3 Mar
Decided in 22 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at 3 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 6 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 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
- GU1 3SX
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Castle
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 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
- 23 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 23 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- M Welby Ltd
- Agent address
- HIllview, Froxfield, Petersfield, GU321BZ
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: Guildford Town Centre
- 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.
© 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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Mar
Mature Beech (T01 Fagus sylvatica) - removal of four individual limbs (TPO P1/201/58
Tree Works Approved With ConditionsTree Preservation Order26/T/00058 - 20262 Mar
Tree 4, 5, 6 and 7 False Acacia - Fell, Tree No. 2 ? Yew Crown reduction to a finished height of no less than…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area26/T/00055 - 202618 Feb
T3 yew tree reduce crown to previous pruning points made in 2022 (Guildford Town Centre Conservation Area).
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area26/T/00054
Source: Guildford
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