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Bus Depot, Leas Road, Guildford, GU1 4QT

23/P/02138Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 28 February 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)41 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Outline planning permission for demolition of existing building, erection of an office building (Use Class E), with a maximum height of 14.1 metres and lift overrun, including car and cycle parking, with access, layout and scale to be determined and appearance and landscape reserved for future consideration.

Received
27 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Stoke
Agent
Solve Planning Ltd
  1. Received27 Dec
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target4 Mar
  5. Decided28 Feb

Decided in 357 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bus Depot, Leas Road, Guildford, GU1 4QT. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 429 days, 52 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Stoke. 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 4QT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Stoke

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2024
Consultation expiry
19 April 2024
Consultation start
22 March 2024
Consultation end
19 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start
29 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2024
Last date for comments
4 March 2025
Target decision date
4 March 2025
Decision issued
4 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Solve Planning Ltd
Agent address
Cheyenne House, West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7EQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
361 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
19 April 2024
Site notice start
29 March 2024
Site notice end
19 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12661231
Documents
91

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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

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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.

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