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Post Office, 223 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2RE

23/P/00668Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 June 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change to existing shop front.

Received
18 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Merrow
  1. Received18 Apr
  2. Validated18 Apr
  3. Consult.31 May
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided8 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Post Office, 223 Epsom Road, Guildford, GU1 2RE. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days, 12 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Merrow. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
GU1 2RE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Merrow

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 April 2023
Consultation expiry
31 May 2023
Consultation start
5 May 2023
Consultation end
31 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
31 May 2023
Last date for comments
13 June 2023
Target decision date
13 June 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Faluck Raman Patel
Agent address
27 Priors Gardens, Ruslip, HA4 6UG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
31 May 2023
Site notice end
31 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12101536
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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