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51 Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NW

23/P/00727Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 June 2023

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed replacement front porch, hip to gable loft conversion with roof lights to facilitate a rear dormer window, first floor rear extension; remodelling of the existing conservatory and addition of raised decking; solar panels/photovoltaic tiles, exterior wall insulation and changes to fenestration.

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target23 Jun
  5. Decided21 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a loft conversion at 51 Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NW. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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
GU4 8NW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Martha

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2023
Consultation expiry
10 June 2023
Consultation start
19 May 2023
Consultation end
10 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
18 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2023
Last date for comments
23 June 2023
Target decision date
23 June 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 June 2023
Site notice end
10 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12116763
Comments
0
Documents
12

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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