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Thornbrook Barn, Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HB

23/W/00055Agricultural to residentialApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 28 March 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 2015 (as amended) for a proposed change of use from Agricultural Buildings to Dwellinghouse (Class C3) comprising 1 dwellinghouse.

Received
12 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Ward
Worplesdon
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 260 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Thornbrook Barn, Frog Grove Lane, Guildford, GU3 3HB. Guildford has handled 29 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 28 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Worplesdon. We hold 568 applications in total for the GU3 postcode area.

87% of all 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
GU3 3HB
Application type
Agricultural to residential
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Worplesdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2023
Consultation expiry
19 August 2023
Consultation start
28 July 2023
Consultation end
19 August 2023
Neighbour consultation start
25 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
19 August 2023
Last date for comments
28 March 2024
Target decision date
28 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Dales Suite B, 1 Cardale Park, Beckwith Head Road, Harrogate, HG3 1RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
260 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 August 2023
Site notice end
19 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12243339
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Guildford
  • 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, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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