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Yardfield House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU

26/T/00060Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 April 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1- Cedar to remove lowest limb back to main stem/union T2- Cedar to reduce limb extending towards the house, reducing low limb by approximately 3/4 meters. T3- Dawn Redwood to lift lower canopy by removing 4 lowest branches. T4- Silver Birch to reduce lower lateral canopy by 2-3 meters to better the view of the garden. (Worplesdon Conservation Area)

Received
4 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Worplesdon
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.15 Apr
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 41 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Yardfield House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Worplesdon. We hold 568 applications in total for the GU3 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
GU3 3RU
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Worplesdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Last date for comments
15 April 2026
Target decision date
15 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Tim Holman
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14751693
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.

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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