Planning your tree removal quote
Photograph the entire tree from more than one safe position and show its relationship to buildings, roads, gardens and boundaries. Include a route from the likely loading point to the tree.
- Tree height and trunk diameter estimates
- Lean, deadwood or recent movement
- Buildings, glass, vehicles and public routes
- Narrow gates, steps, slopes and surface protection
- Neighbour access or overhanging material
Tree removal permissions in Guildford
Guildford Borough Council’s MyGuildford map allows residents to search an address and enable Planning filters for conservation areas and Tree Preservation Orders. Planning conditions can also protect trees even where the map does not show a TPO.
- Save the map result with the property record
- Identify each affected tree clearly
- Check earlier planning decisions or conditions
- Ask the council where the status remains unclear
Waste removal, stump grinding & your finished garden
A removal scope should state whether timber and chips stay, whether the stump is left, ground down or separately treated, and whether replacement planting is relevant. This changes equipment, time and the final condition of the garden.
- Logs cut to a stated size or removed
- Woodchip retained or removed
- Stump height or grinding depth
- Making good and surface protection
- Replacement-tree responsibility
Fit tree removal into your garden plans
If you are preparing for a new lawn, patio or planting bed, explain the next stage before agreeing removal. Leaving a low stump may suit one garden, while another needs a separate grinding visit and material brought in to restore levels.
For town gardens in Guildford, the carry route can be as important as the tree itself. Tell us about side passages, changes in level, shared access and where vehicles can load. We can then discuss surface protection and clearance as part of the same written scope.