Worplesdon Rifle Range, Worplesdon Road, Guildford Data via plota.co.uk

26/T/00244 - Tree Preservation Order Registered

Proposal

G1, Sycamores overhanging the range creating too much shade, to reduce the overhang we want to remove first smaller sycamore to ground level marked with 1 dot, second sycamore to reduce lateral canopy in line with the wall, final sycamore on that line to remove lowest 4 limbs. T1, elm tree to reduce off driveway reducing lateral canopy by approximately 3 meters. T2, Large sycamore. Remove first 2 lower limbs and reduce lateral canopy back to fence line which is approximately 3 meters, this tree is overhanging the house below. TPO no. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 01:43

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Application progress

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Received

10 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 5 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Oct 2026, from Guildford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Documents 7

Plans & drawings 1

IMG Tree location plan Drawing · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 10 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 8

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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Special protection area 226 m away: Thames Basin Heaths

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

SSSI 226 m away: Whitmoor Common SSSI; Inside the Guildford built-up area; Priority habitat 16 m away: Deciduous woodland; Open access land 45 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

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: Tree Preservation Order
Received: 10 Sept 2026
Validated: 10 Sept 2026
Ward: Worplesdon
Parish: Worplesdon
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Nov 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. Guildford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

prediction

Day 2927 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 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15215488
Planning Portal ref: PP-15215488
Env. assessment: No

Guildford

Planning Authority Score

1/10

Poor

#292 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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%).

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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