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3 Castle Hill, Guildford, GU1 3SX

26/T/00058Tree Preservation OrderApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Tree Works Approved With ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Mature Beech (T01 Fagus sylvatica) - removal of four individual limbs (TPO P1/201/58).

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
M Welby Ltd
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 21 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 21 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
Tree Preservation Order
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
4 March 2026
Last date for comments
29 April 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
M Welby Ltd
Agent address
HIllview, Froxfield, Petersfield, GU321BZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14752774
Comments
0
Documents
5

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: 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    4 Mar

    Mature Beech (T01 Fagus sylvatica) - removal of four individual limbs (TPO P1/201/58

    This applicationTree Works Approved With ConditionsTrees26/T/00058
  2. 2026
    2 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 AreaFiled alongside26/T/00055

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