Greystones, Down Lane, Compton, Guildford, GU3 1DQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/T/00290 - Trees in Conservation Area Registered

Proposal

Copper Beech tree (1) - Remove lowest 3/4 left-hand branches to lift and prune back by 1 metre over driveway. To provide clearance from driveway. Beech tree (2) - Reduce over-extended right-hand limb by 2.5 metres and remove broken and crossing branches and deadwood. To reduce risk of branch, stem and/or root failure. Portuguese Laurel trees (3) - Reduce back to outside edge of wall and bevel in at the top as needed. To provide clearance from turning circle/driveway. Yew tree (4) - Reduce by 1 metre over turning circle/driveway and lift by 1 metre over garage to clear as needed. To provide clearance from turning circle/driveway and garage roof. Norway Spruce trees (5) - Remove lowest drooping branches to give 1 metre clearance over garage roof (Compton Conservation Area). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 28 Oct 2026, 17:25

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Application progress

✓

Received

22 Oct 2026

✓

Consultation

30 Oct 2026

Decision

Expected by 3 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 2 Dec 2026, from Guildford's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 21 Nov 2026

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Documents 6

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Site sketch plan & tree locations Drawing · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 22 Oct 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 9

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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Surrey Hills National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Compton 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 3a

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. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

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.

Scheduled monument 56 m away: Roman villa N of Limnerslease, Down Lane

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

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

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Nature recovery project: Heathland Connections; Radon affected area, class 4.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 28 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: GU3 1DQ
Received: 22 Oct 2026
Validated: 22 Oct 2026
Ward: Shalford
Parish: Compton
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Dec 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Bartlett Tree Experts

Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Guildford usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 41.

prediction

Day 749 days to the 56-day target

91%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

234decided 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 28 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15317036
Planning Portal ref: PP-15317036
Consultation: 30 Oct 2026
Comments by: 21 Nov 2026
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