200m is more than the GC minimum requirement of 160m direct line, however the newly placed cache owner is a Newbie and I think credit should be given. I believe the Reviewers would let this one and others through as GC have these standard International rules, so nothing was out of the norm, just a Newbie going about His/Her first cache, like we all did I think,myself included.
A 'guideline' is an idea but common sense when placing would be better.