Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB
Approved on 8 July 2026
Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Tree 31 Sycamore - Fell tree and remove roots. (Guildford Town Conservation Area)
- Received
- 27 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Stoke
- ReceivedReceived27 May
- ValidatedValidated27 May
- Consult.Consultation8 Jul
- TargetTarget Date8 Jul
- DecidedDecided8 Jul
Decided in 42 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a tree application at Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB. 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, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Stoke. We hold 772 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- GU1 3BB
- Application type
- Trees in Conservation Area
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stoke
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
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.
Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20263 Aug
Discharge of Condition 3 (internal and external fabric) of planning permission 26/P/00223
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/D/00123 - 202620 Feb
T27 Sycamore - Removal of all dead wood and any broken branches. Thin out any densely arranged shoots…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area26/T/00046 - 202619 Feb
Listed building consent for the installation of biometric security entrance system.
ApprovedListed building consent26/P/00223 - 20269 Jan
Tree 46 Sycamore - Crown reduction by 2m - 3m (TPO P1/201/469
Tree Works Approved With ConditionsTree Preservation Order26/T/00005 - 202518 Apr
Development of Allen Field from a grassed area to a multi-use games area.
ApprovedFull Application25/P/00587 - 202328 Apr
Two vinyl banners, each 3m x 1m to be displayed for a 2 week period in the 4 weeks preceding our Open Morning…
ApprovedFull Application23/P/00717
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