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

23/P/00095Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 April 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Enlargement/relocation of existing garage to provide one additional off street parking space, creation of new steps up to main house.

Received
20 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
Simon Best Associates Ltd
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Mar
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided27 Apr

Decided in 97 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage 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 97 days, 5 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
Medium
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2023
Consultation expiry
3 March 2023
Consultation end
3 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
3 March 2023
Last date for comments
10 May 2023
Target decision date
10 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Simon Best Associates Ltd
Architect profile
SIMON BEST ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
The Old School House, Walking Bottom, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9RR

Planning decision

Statutory period
110 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 February 2023
Advertisement expiry
3 March 2023
Site notice start
10 February 2023
Site notice end
3 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11855061
Documents
11

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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    2 Oct

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/D/00078/1
  2. 2023
    20 Jan

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

    This applicationApprovedFull23/P/00095
  3. 2023
    20 Jan

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

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside23/P/00096

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