Shalford Water Treatment Works, Church Close, Shalford, GU4 8BW Data via plota.co.uk

26/T/00192 - Tree Preservation Order Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Row of Lime trees - prune back to allow sight line clearance of CCTV mast for health and safety purposes, and to facilitate the lowering of CCTV mast for maintenance (Shalford Conservation Area).. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
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Consultation
31 Jul 2026
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Approved
18 Sept 2026

Approved on 18 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 22 Sept 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision notice Decision · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer report Report · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Tree location plan Drawing · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form redacted Application Form · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Shalford 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 ↗
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 100 m away: Wey Valley Meadows SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; National landscape about 203 m away: Surrey Hills; Inside the Shalford (Guildford) built-up area; Green belt about 42 m away: London; Priority habitat about 42 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
Postcode
GU4 8BW
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Shalford
Parish
Shalford
Case officer
Show
Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Tree Works Approved With Conditions
Decision date
18 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
GroundLord Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 15 days slower than Guildford's median of 41 for tree and landscaping works. 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 22 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15109817
Planning Portal ref
PP-15109817
Consultation
31 Jul 2026
Comments by
22 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

19 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Withdrawn
T3 Sycamore , T4 Ash, T5 Alder, T6 Sycamore, T7 Alder, T25 Alder - fell to ground level…
24/T/00078
2024 Withdrawn
T3 Sycamore , T4 Ash, T5 Alder, T6 Sycamore, T7 Alder, T25 Alder - fell to ground level…
24/T/00078
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved
Church Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BP
Hand dug trench work in the vicinity of tree roots to allow the installation of new broad…
23/T/00112
2023 Approved
Church Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BP
Hand dug trench work in the vicinity of tree roots to allow the installation of new broad…
23/T/00112
2023 Approved
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BP
Retrospective Planning Application for the installation of two buttresses on existing chu…
23/P/00281
2023 Approved
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BP
Retrospective Planning Application for the installation of two buttresses on existing chu…
23/P/00281
2022 Approved
Cemetery, St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, Shalford, GU4 8BP
Lime tree (T2) - fell to ground level (Shalford Conservation Area).
22/T/00234
2022 Approved
Cemetery, St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, Shalford, GU4 8BP
Lime tree (T2) - fell to ground level (Shalford Conservation Area).
22/T/00234
2022 Approved
Cemetery, St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, Shalford, GU4 8BP
Yew (T9) - remove displaced branch and sever ivy at the base. Yew (T10) - Sever ivy at st…
22/T/00096
2022 Approved
Cemetery, St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Close, Shalford, GU4 8BP
Yew (T9) - remove displaced branch and sever ivy at the base. Yew (T10) - Sever ivy at st…
22/T/00096
2019 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Crack Willow Tree - fell tree, leaving stump at 1m.
19/T/00113
2019 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
2 x Alder Trees - fell trees, leaving stump at 1m
19/T/00112
2019 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Crack Willow Tree - fell tree, leaving stump at 1m.
19/T/00113
2019 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
2 x Alder Trees - fell trees, leaving stump at 1m
19/T/00112
2017 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Works to TPO trees - see attached schedule (Shalford Conservation Area).
17/T/00330
2017 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Works to TPO trees - see attached schedule (Shalford Conservation Area).
17/T/00330
2017 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Works to Conservation area trees - see attached schedule (Shalford Conservation Area).
17/T/00329
2017 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Works to Conservation area trees - see attached schedule (Shalford Conservation Area).
17/T/00329
2016 Approved
West Surrey Water Board, The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BW
Revised location for provision of a sample store building RE: 15/P/01725
16/P/01882
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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