Bow Cottage, Millmead, Guildford, GU2 4BE Data via plota.co.uk

26/T/00212 - Trees in Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

T1 Gleditsia in neighbouring flats, to reduce crown back to previous reduction points on the overhang branches to boundary on the Bow Cottage side of the tree only. Also to crown lift this side of the tree to a height of 4m to stop encroach on fencing. Tree is excessively shading. T2 - Cherry Tree small to reduce top crown by approx 2m and shape. T3/4 small Magnolia & Cherry to reduce and shape both by approx 1.0-1.5m and shape (Millmead and Portsmouth Road Cons) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Aug 2026
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Approved
24 Sept 2026

Approved on 24 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision notice Decision · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer report Report · 24 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Tree location plan Drawing · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 14 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Public footpath 3 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Millmead and Portsmouth Road, Guildford 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 ↗
7 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Millmead House, Grade II, 42 m away · 7 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Scheduled monument 208 m away: Guildford Castle; Flood defence 30 m away (engineered high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Inside the Guildford built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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
Postcode
GU2 4BE
Received
14 Aug 2026
Validated
14 Aug 2026
Ward
St Nicolas
Parish
Friary & St. Nicolas
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Application Approved
Decision date
24 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Tree Clinic Surrey

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. Approved, as 98% of tree and landscaping works here are.

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 29 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15159937
Planning Portal ref
PP-15159937
Env. assessment
No

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Guildford
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
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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
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