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Amberwell, Newlands Corner, Guildford, GU4 8SE

24/P/00351C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or DevRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 1 May 2024

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a detached outbuilding incorporating a swimming pool, garage and study would be lawful.

Received
8 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
  1. Received8 Mar
  2. Validated8 Mar
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided1 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a garage at Amberwell, Newlands Corner, Guildford, GU4 8SE. Guildford has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 956 applications in total for the GU4 postcode area.

81% of outline 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 8SE
Application type
C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Albury

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 March 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 January 2025
Last date for comments
3 May 2024
Target decision date
3 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
Agent address
Unit 2, Meridian Office Park, Osborn Way, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 9HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
APP/Y3615/X/24/3351669

Appeal history

3351669
Allowed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 3 June 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12874825
Comments
0
Documents
21

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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, 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, 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.

Source: Guildford

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