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The Orchard House, 3 Sydney Place, Guildford, GU1 3NN

26/T/00042Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 24 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Trim back 3 x mature trees that are situated in a neighbouring garden close to our boundary wall. The trees are: 1) acacia, 2) multi-stemmed lime, 3) sycamore. The trimming would cut back branches to main junctions; maximum diameter estimated about 6 inches, but most smaller, on our side of the boundary wall. This work has been done a couple of times before; repeated trimming every 5 years or so is required to limit the heavy shade caused by these trees to our garden (Waterden Road Conservation Area)..

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.21 Mar
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Orchard House, 3 Sydney Place, Guildford, GU1 3NN. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Waterden Road conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3NN
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
21 March 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Consultation end
21 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026
Target decision date
30 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 March 2026
Site notice end
21 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14708463
Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Waterden Road
  • 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.

Source: Guildford

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