St Josephs Church, Denmark Road, Guildford, GU1 4DA
Approved on 9 June 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Sycamore (T4) - crown lift to 3m over footpath, crown lift to 5m over road and prune tree clear of building; Sycamore (T5) - remove tree (stump to remain); Lawson Cypress (T6) - crown lift to 4m over car park; Austrian Pine (T7) - remove tree (stump to remain); Damson (T8) - remove stem with large cavity and advanced decay at 3 metre point of stem; remove deadwood (Guildford Town Centre conservation area).
- Received
- 28 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Stoke
- ReceivedReceived28 Apr
- ValidatedValidated28 Apr
- Consult.Consultation9 Jun
- TargetTarget Date9 Jun
- DecidedDecided9 Jun
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at St Josephs Church, Denmark Road, Guildford, GU1 4DA. 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 Guildford Town Centre conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 101 applications across Stoke. We hold 776 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 4DA
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stoke
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Dryad Tree Specialists
- Agent address
- Oak Hill, Wood Street Village, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 3ET
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Tim Holman
- Statutory period
- 42 days
Site constraints
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.
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