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Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB

23/P/00717Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 30 August 2023

Council decision: Approve

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

Proposal

Two vinyl banners, each 3m x 1m to be displayed for a 2 week period in the 4 weeks preceding our Open Morning events which traditionally take place in October and March each year. Location 1: the railings of RGS Guildford outside the main school entrance. The banner here would be approx. 0.75m from the ground. Location 2: the railings of RGS Guildford outside the Music school on Sydenham Road (opposite the car park to Guildford Adult Learning Centre). The banner here would be approx. 0.5-1m from the ground. In addition, the ability to display banners to promote holiday clubs and occasional school events such as music or drama performances

Received
28 April 2023
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated24 May
  3. Consult.1 Jul
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided30 Aug

Decided in 98 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Royal Grammar School, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3BB. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 124 days, 9 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. 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).

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Application details

Postcode
GU1 3BB
Application type
Full Application

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 May 2023
Consultation end
1 July 2023
Target decision date
1 September 2023

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13

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: Guildford Town Centre
  • 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

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 3 (internal and external fabric) of planning permission 26/P/00223

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/D/00123
  2. 2026
    27 May

    Tree 31 Sycamore - Fell tree and remove roots. (Guildford Town Conservation Area)

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area26/T/00129
  3. 2026
    20 Feb

    T27 Sycamore - Removal of all dead wood and any broken branches. Thin out any densely arranged shoots…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area26/T/00046
  4. 2026
    19 Feb

    Listed building consent for the installation of biometric security entrance system.

    ApprovedListed building consent26/P/00223
  5. 2026
    9 Jan

    Tree 46 Sycamore - Crown reduction by 2m - 3m (TPO P1/201/469

    Tree Works Approved With ConditionsTree Preservation Order26/T/00005
  6. 2025
    18 Apr

    Development of Allen Field from a grassed area to a multi-use games area.

    ApprovedFull Application25/P/00587

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