Chestnut Cottage, 50 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Catalpa - Cut back to the red line - Canopy currently 6 metres on the east aspect, to be reduced to 5 metres spread. To reduce weight and prevent encroachment over property, limit suppression trees close proximity to each other T2 Catalpa - Cut back to the blue line - Canopy currently 7 metres on the east aspect, to be reduced to 5 metres. Due to regrowth from the previous reduction to boundary, the crown is heavily weighted on this side. To reduce weight and prevent encroachment over property, limit suppression trees close proximity to each other (St Catherines Conservation Area)
- Received
- 31 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle
- Agent
- GraftinGardeners Ltd
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation2 May
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Chestnut Cottage, 50 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the St Catherines Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 831 applications in total for the GU2 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
- GU2 4DU
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Friary & St. Nicolas
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 May 2026
- Consultation start
- 10 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 May 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 2 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- GraftinGardeners Ltd
- Agent address
- 45 Swanwick Close, Roehampton, London, SW15 4ES
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 May 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Catherines 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.
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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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Guildford
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