Guildford Borough Council • 26/T/00063
Pruning and removal of several trees proposed at private home in Peaslake Conservation Area
The Chalet, Walking Bottom, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RR
The owner of The Chalet has applied to prune, reduce, and remove several groups of trees on their property within the Peaslake Conservation Area.
- Status
- pending
- Type
- conservation_area
- Received
- 2026-03-09
- Consultation ends
- 2026-04-04
Summary
The work covers five groups of trees. It includes reducing beech trees on the house side, cutting back a mixed boundary hedge to about 4 metres tall, removing a dead wild cherry and reducing two large beech trees near the garage, removing a leaning hawthorn that hangs over a path, and clearing dead branches from an ash tree that overhangs the public road. The property sits in the Peaslake Conservation Area and the Surrey Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Three Grade II listed buildings are close by — the Church of St Mark is about a minute's walk away, and East View and the Peaslake War Memorial are also about a minute's walk in different directions. Trees in a conservation area can be important to the character that makes it special. The council will consider whether the proposed reductions are appropriate in this heritage setting. Two required documents have not been submitted, which the council may ask for before deciding.
What you can do
You can comment on this application through Guildford Borough Council's planning portal using reference 26/T/00063. The council can consider impacts on the appearance and character of the conservation area, effects on the setting of nearby listed buildings, and the health and safety of the trees. They cannot consider personal matters unrelated to planning.