Sherborne, Downsway, Guildford, GU1 2YA
Approved on 1 May 2025
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
Front porch, single storey front infill and rear extension with mezzanine floor above existing garage and partial conversion of garage into habitable space.
- Received
- 5 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Merrow
- Agent
- Woods Home Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated5 Sep
- Consult.Consultation12 Oct
- TargetTarget Date2 May
- DecidedDecided1 May
Decided in 238 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Sherborne, Downsway, Guildford, GU1 2YA. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 238 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- GU1 2YA
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Merrow
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 12 October 2024
- Consultation start
- 20 September 2024
- Consultation end
- 12 October 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 2 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 May 2025
- Decision issued
- 2 May 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Woods Home Design Ltd
- Agent address
- 111 Grange Road, Guildford, GU2 9QD
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 239 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 October 2024
- Site notice end
- 12 October 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
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, 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.
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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.
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