Builders Yard, 9 Down Road, Guildford, GU1 2PX
Approved on 8 January 2025
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)13 conditions
Proposal
Erection of a pair of semi-detached dwellings with associated off-street parking and gardens following the change of use of the existing builders' yard and demolition of the existing building.
- Received
- 17 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Merrow
- Agent
- Planit Consulting
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated17 May
- Consult.Consultation15 Jun
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided8 Jan
Decided in 236 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Builders Yard, 9 Down Road, Guildford, GU1 2PX. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 236 days, 25 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Merrow. 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- GU1 2PX
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Merrow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 15 June 2024
- Consultation start
- 24 May 2024
- Consultation end
- 15 June 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 15 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 9 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Planit Consulting
- Architect profile
- PLANIT CONSULTANTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 3 Innovation Place, Douglas Drive, Godalming, GU7 1JX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 237 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 June 2024
- Site notice end
- 15 June 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Brownfield land register: Builders Yard, 9 Down Road, Guildford, GU1 2PXRegister site at or near this address
- 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, 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 and heritage coasts.
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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- Planit Consulting Ltd · Agent for this application
- 1.1 miGuildford
- 16.6 miTwickenham
- 20.1 miBrentford
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