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Land at Downish East and Downish West, Old Drive, Gomshall, GU5 9LH

24/P/01314Full ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 June 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)17 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 1no 4-bedroom detached dwelling with detached garage and 2no 3-bedroom semi-detached dwellings with parking and landscaping following demolition of existing dwellings (Downish East and Downish West)

Received
4 September 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated10 Sep
  3. Consult.5 Oct
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 269 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Land at Downish East and Downish West, Old Drive, Gomshall, GU5 9LH. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 275 days, 30 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 420 applications in total for the GU5 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
GU5 9LH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 September 2024
Consultation expiry
5 October 2024
Consultation start
13 September 2024
Consultation end
5 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start
11 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
5 October 2024
Last date for comments
10 June 2025
Target decision date
10 June 2025
Committee meeting
9 October 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
273 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
5 October 2024
Site notice end
5 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13181816
Documents
45

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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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.

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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