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Orchard Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP

21/P/02523Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 3 October 2022

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension, including new front entrance, and changes to fenestration. Existing garage to be rebuilt and enlarged with new external staircase to new terrace area and access to the house. Remodelled existing stone clad road level perimeter wall to create new off road car parking space.

Received
3 December 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target2 Mar
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 271 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Orchard Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 304 days, 34 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Holmbury St Mary conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

85% of full applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
RH5 6NP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2022
Consultation expiry
4 February 2022
Consultation end
4 February 2022
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2022
Neighbour consultation end
4 February 2022
Last date for comments
2 March 2022
Target decision date
2 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Taylor Made Space
Agent address
6 Wayside Cottages, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 January 2022
Advertisement expiry
4 February 2022
Site notice start
14 January 2022
Site notice end
4 February 2022

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-10450334
Comments
0
Documents
26

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: Holmbury St Mary
  • Green belt: Guildford
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, 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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    2 Oct

    Discharge of condition 3 (external materials) of planning application 23/P/00095

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/D/00078/1
  2. 2024
    22 May

    Discharge of condition 4 (sample panel of the external stonework) of planning application 23/P/00096

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/D/00078
  3. 2024
    8 Apr

    T1 - Magnolia Grandiflora - Crown reduce by 1-1.5m on all sides and top and remove water shoots. T2 - Lilac…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area24/T/00088
  4. 2023
    20 Jan

    Single storey side extension, creation of a new side access, replacement of remaining single glazed window.

    ApprovedFull Application23/P/00096
  5. 2023
    20 Jan

    Enlargement/relocation of existing garage to provide one additional off street parking space, creation of new…

    ApprovedFull Application23/P/00095

Source: Guildford

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