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The Old Vicarage, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL

26/T/00193Trees 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 (Yew), T2 (Horse Chestnut) and T4 (Crab Apple) - Fell. T3 (Magnolia) - dig up and move. (Shalford Conservation Area)

Received
27 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
Trevor Heaps Arboricultural Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.22 Aug
  4. Target7 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a tree application at The Old Vicarage, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU4 8BL. Guildford has handled 655 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 3 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 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
GU4 8BL
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2026
Consultation expiry
22 August 2026
Consultation start
31 July 2026
Consultation end
22 August 2026
Neighbour consultation end
22 August 2026
Last date for comments
7 September 2026
Target decision date
7 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Trevor Heaps Arboricultural Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
Crofters, Upper Pennington, SO41 8LB

Planning decision

Case officer
Tim Holman
Statutory period
42 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 August 2026
Site notice end
22 August 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15111407
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.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Guildford

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