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The Charcoal House, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ

20/W/00081Office to residentialApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 7 September 2020

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Prior notification for change of use from B1(A) (office) to C3 (residential) consisting of 1no. 2 bed & 1no. 5 bed dwellings

Received
10 July 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
BBF Fielding Ltd
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The Charcoal House, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 4 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
GU4 8NQ
Application type
Office to residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Martha

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2020
Consultation expiry
11 August 2020
Consultation end
11 August 2020
Neighbour consultation end
11 August 2020
Last date for comments
8 September 2020
Target decision date
8 September 2020
Decision issued
8 September 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent
BBF Fielding Ltd
Architect profile
BBF FIELDING LIMITED
Agent address
Fielding House, 41 Chobham Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 August 2020
Site notice end
11 August 2020

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    9 May

    Proposed changes to fenestration, including additional windows, new standing seam roof and gable cladding…

    ApprovedFull Application25/P/00685
  2. 2023
    27 Oct

    Non Material amendment for 06/P/0091

    RefusedNon-material amendment23/N/00094
  3. 2022
    21 Oct

    T1 (Ash) - Remove. Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area22/T/00265
  4. 2021
    7 Jul

    Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    ApprovedOffice to residential21/W/00085
  5. 2018
    28 Mar

    Erection of a two-storey office extension following the demolition of an existing single storey extension…

    ApprovedFull Application18/P/00630
  6. 2016
    23 Dec

    Prior notification for change of use from B1(A) (office) to C3 (residential) consisting of 1no. 2 bed & 1no…

    ApprovedOffice to House: Permitted Development16/W/00122

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