Pirbright Green, Avenue De Cagny, Pirbright Data via plota.co.uk

26/T/00232 - Trees in Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

T18, T19, T20, T21, T22, T23, T24, T25, T31, T32, T33, T34, T35, T36, T37, T38, T78: Remove Epicormic Growth to within 1cm of the parent stem, T28 (Lime): Remove. Grind Stump, T29 (Horse Chestnut): Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce the canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce the potential for branch failure. Crown lift to 5m over the highway, T30 (Willow): Grind stump and buttress roots to 200mm depth, remove arisings, infill hole, T31 (Lime): Crown lift to 3m, T32 (Lime): Clear telegraph pole by 1m. Crown lift to 3m, T46 (Lime): Remove deadwood more than 25mm diameter. Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce risk of branch failure, T52 (Horse Chestnut): Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce risk of branch failure. Clear telegraph pole by 1m. Remove epicormic growth on lower stem to 5m, T53 (Horse Chestnut): Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce risk of branch failure. Remove epicormics growth, T55 (Horse Chestnut): Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce risk of branch failure. Remove epicormics growth, T56 (Horse Chestnut): Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce risk of branch failure. Remove epicormics growth, T59 (Horse Chestnut): Tip reduce from 7m to 5m, reshape to natural form. Install cable bracing to supplement existing to act as fall arrest system. Install cable bracing to branch growing to the east with a 45 degree angle above point of attachment to branch, T62 (Red Oak): Selective tip reduction of lateral branches to reduce canopy spread from 7m to 6m to reduce risk of branch failure, T65 (Chamaecyparis): Remove declining section adjacent to railings, T71 (Red Oak): Crown lift to clear play equipment by 2m retaining overhanging branches outside this distance, T74 (Red Oak): Remove deadwood more than 25mm diameter, T75 (Ground): Mature tree was removed but meripilus giganteous arisings observed. Grind stump and structural roots and remove arisings to 200mm. Backfill and walk in to avoid subsidence, T77 (Oak): Remove and treat stump to prevent further regrowth, T81 (Red Oak): Crown reduction from 13m to 10m with 4m horizontal radial canopy spread, G88 (Birch): 4 number. Remove all stems, T89 (Poplar): Growing through railings. Remove and treat stump to prevent regrowth, T99 (Red Oak): Overlong lateral branches, weak union at 3m dark exudate on south side at 2m. Crown reduction from 15m to 10m with a 4m horizontal radial canopy spread, T102 (Norway Maple): Remove, Treat stump to prevent regrowth, T103 (Sycamore): Remove, treat stump to prevent regrowth, T104 (Oak): Remove, treat stump to prevent regrowth, T2787 (Oak): Decline in canopy. Remove, T2788 (Birch): Dead. Remove, T2789 (Birch): Dead. Remove, T151 (Ornamental Cherry): Dead. Remove, T151 (Cherry): Remove dead stem, T155 (Oak): Remove treat stump to prevent regrowth, T159 (Purple Plum): Crown lift to 4m over the access, T160 (Birch): Crown lift to 4m over the access, T162 (Purple Plum): Crown lift to 4m over access, T163 (Oak): Crown lift to 4m over access, T164 (Sycamore): Two stems from base growing immediately adjacent to metal fence, remove and treat to prevent regrowth due to poor position to fence, T165 (Sycamore): Two stems from base growing immediately adjacent to metal fence, remove and treat to prevent regrowth due to poor position to fence, T175 (Oak): Remove to allow adjacent tree to develop, T176 (Oak): Deadwood throughout, branches over telecoms wires. Remove deadwood throughout more than 25mm. Crown lift to 4m. Clear telecoms cable by 1.5m, T2347, T2348, T2349, T2350, T2351, T2352, T2353, T2354, T2355, T2356 (Willow): Coppiced. Remove treat stump to prevent regrowth, T2829, T2830, T2357 (Oak): Sparse, asymmetrical canopy towards the highway. Remove treat to prevent regrowth, T2361 (Willow): Asymmetrical canopy towards the playing fields. Remove treat to prevent regrowth. (Pirbright Cons) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 18 Oct 2026, from Guildford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Pirbright conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Guildford
Application type
Trees in Conservation Area
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
7 Sept 2026
Ward
Normandy & Pirbright
Parish
Pirbright
Case officer
Show
Target decision
19 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 32 of the 56-day target. Guildford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

Day 3224 days to the 56-day target
90%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
214decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Guildford in the last twelve months, from validation. Guildford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15199141
Planning Portal ref
PP-15199141
Env. assessment
No
Guildford
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#292 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Guildford is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #282 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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Guildford decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #221 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #243 of 296
31%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #282 of 296
64%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #276 of 296
79%
Minor dwellings approved
156 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
6 decided (10+ homes)
66%
Change of use approved
47 decided
1,348
Total decisions
219 refused in the year to March 2026