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Chestnut Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP

24/P/00096Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 May 2024

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of two storey detached dwelling with attached storage barn/double garage, associated works including the formation of new access, boundary walls, hard and soft landscaping, following demolition of the existing dwelling and outbuildings. (Amended landscape plan received 26 April 2024)

Received
22 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
18
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Agent
Morph Design Studio
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.28 Feb
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 93 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Chestnut Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 5 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Ockham conservation area. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 242 applications across Send & Lovelace. We hold 665 applications in total for the GU23 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
GU23 6NP
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Ockham

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2024
Consultation expiry
28 February 2024
Consultation start
2 February 2024
Consultation end
28 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
28 February 2024
Last date for comments
3 May 2024
Target decision date
3 May 2024
Decision issued
2 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Morph Design Studio
Architect profile
MORPH DESIGN STUDIO LTD
Agent address
Moonshine, Headley Common Road, Headley, Surrey, KT18 6nx

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 February 2024
Site notice start
7 February 2024
Site notice end
28 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12746435
Documents
63

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: Ockham
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    18 Apr

    Installation of an outdoor pool and associated plant room and hard landscaping.

    ApprovedFull Application25/P/00592
  2. 2024
    21 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 3 (External Materials) of planning permission 24/P/00885

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/D/00130/1
  3. 2024
    30 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 3 (materials) of planning permission 24/P/00885

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions24/D/00130
  4. 2024
    27 May

    Discharge of conditons 3 (materials), 4 (CEMP), 5 (water efficiency), 6 (site waste management), 7 (EEP), 10…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions24/D/00080
  5. 2024
    5 Feb

    Removal of 2 no ash trees and a holly tree (no 1 - ash tree no 2 - ash tree no 3 - holly tree)

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area24/T/00025
  6. 2021
    5 Jul

    Application to remove condition 2 of planning application GU/R1525

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)21/P/01498

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