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The Chalet, Walking Bottom, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RR

26/T/00063Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 - Beech-Group - Reduce the house side of the beech trees by 2-3m, clear any overhang over the house and clear branches from phone line. The top corner and outer sides are to be blended into the existing crown to leave the trees looking as natural as possible on completion. The field side and overall height is not to be reduced within the spec of this work. T2 - Mixed Group - Hazel, Holly, Prunus, Beech - Reduce the height of trees that run along the boundary between the property and yellow cottage to approximately 1m below the phone line (approximately 15-20m long stretch of trees of 5-6m in height), to re instate informal hedge. Total height of trees once pruned to be approximately 4m in height. T3 - Beech Group (with dead prunus between trees) - Safely remove the dead/dying wild cherry that is situated within the line of beech trees. Crown reduce The two large beach Trees by 2 to 3 m all around to reduce encroachment over garage and neighbouring property and manage height. T4 - Safely remove the heavily leaning Hawthorne tree that leans over the path at the rear of the property and stack all waste in habitat pile by boundary line T5 - Remove significant deadwood (dead branches of over 50mm diameter and 1m long) from the ash tree that is situated on the roadside boundary overhangs the road (Peaslake Conservation Area)..

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.4 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 38 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Chalet, Walking Bottom, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RR. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 4 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Peaslake conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 420 applications in total for the GU5 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
GU5 9RR
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Consultation expiry
4 April 2026
Consultation start
13 March 2026
Consultation end
4 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
4 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 April 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Randall's Tree Care
Agent address
8 Ockley Road, Ewhurst, Surrey, GU6 7QJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Tim Holman
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 April 2026
Site notice end
4 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14762902
Comments
0
Documents
10

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: Peaslake
  • Green belt: Guildford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (19)

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, 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.

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