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Ringwood Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP

26/T/00108Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 9 June 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Yew (T1 at rear of property causing severe shading, and is touching the house) - 3 metre full crown reduction; Yew (T2 at side of property touching property) - cut back canopy to leave a 2 metre clearance from the house (Holmbury St Mary conservation area).

Received
28 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Ringwood Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP. 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 Holmbury St Mary conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 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
RH5 6NP
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2026
Consultation expiry
23 May 2026
Consultation start
1 May 2026
Consultation end
23 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2026
Last date for comments
9 June 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 May 2026
Site notice end
23 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14891957
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: Holmbury St Mary
  • 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    14 Jan

    T1 cedar tree: Reduce height by approx. 3-4m, thin internal growth by 10% and reduce lateral spread by…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area26/T/00011
  2. 2014
    18 Nov

    Proposed division of existing dwelling into two dwellings. Erection of side extension to provide parking and…

    RefusedFull Application14/P/02134
  3. 2014
    29 Oct

    Yew Tree (T1) - Fell as tree is diseased (Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area).

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area14/T/00284
  4. 2014
    18 Jun

    Division of Ringwood Cottage into two dwellings, with extension to form new third dwelling and fourth new…

    RefusedFull Application14/P/01157
  5. 2014
    13 Jan

    Application to fell storm damaged Cedar tree (Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area).

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area14/T/00009
  6. 2012
    13 Nov

    T1 Yew Tree - Fell as centre of trunk is dead/diseased. No re-planting proposed due to loss of light and…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area12/T/00254

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