Land adjacent to Vale Croft, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5QF
Approved on 7 December 2023
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the use of the site for vehicle services and repairs (use class B2) and sales and acquisition of motor vehicles (use class Sui Generis), along with the associated buildings A and B, began more than 10 years ago.
- Received
- 27 September 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Ash Vale
- Agent
- Lawson Architecture Limited
- ReceivedReceived27 Sep
- ValidatedValidated27 Sep
- Consult.Consultation28 Oct
- TargetTarget Date8 Dec
- DecidedDecided7 Dec
Decided in 71 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Land adjacent to Vale Croft, Lysons Avenue, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5QF. Guildford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 days longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Ash Vale. We hold 1,499 applications in total for the GU12 postcode area.
80% of amendment 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
- GU12 5QF
- Application type
- Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Ash
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 28 October 2023
- Consultation start
- 6 October 2023
- Consultation end
- 28 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 3 October 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 October 2023
- Last date for comments
- 8 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 8 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lawson Architecture Limited
- Architect profile
- LAWSON ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- 4 London Road, Liphook, GU30 7AN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 72 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 28 October 2023
- Site notice end
- 28 October 2023
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Guildford
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