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Church Cottage, Church Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HQ

26/T/00185Trees in Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 4 September 2026

Council decision: Tree Application ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Cherry Tree - Remove tree and replace with a new fruit tree or equivalent of appropriate size, planted in a similar area to the existing tree. (Shere Conservation Area)

Received
21 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.1 Sep
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 45 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at Church Cottage, Church Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HQ. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Shere conservation area, with 13 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 9HQ
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026
Last date for comments
1 September 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Tim Holman
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15095408
Comments
0
Documents
12

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: Shere
  • 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.

Source: Guildford

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