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Woodys Cottage, Brook Lane, Albury, Guilford, GU5 9DH

24/P/01432Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 March 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of 2 storey 3 bedroom self build dwelling following demolition of existing dwelling

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
Walk-in Architecture
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.9 Nov
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided4 Mar

Decided in 144 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Woodys Cottage, Brook Lane, Albury, Guilford, GU5 9DH. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 13 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed replacement dwelling, by reason of its size, bulk, mass, volume, footprint and floor area, would be materially larger than the building it is to replace and would have a greater impact on the openness of the Green Belt than the existing development. The proposal would therefore comprise inappropriate development in the Green Belt which by definition, would be harmful. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated which would clearly outweigh the inherent harm that would be caused to the Green Belt and the other harm identified. The development therefore fails to accord with Chapter 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) and policy P2 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (adopted by Council on 25 April 2019) and Green Belt SPD.
  2. Due to the lack of information, the Council cannot be satisfied that the proposed development would comply with the energy hierarchy and ‘fabric first’, or overcome the sustainability impact from the demolition of the existing dwelling. The proposal therefore fails on energy / sustainability grounds and is contrary with Policy D2 of the Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (LPSS), 2015-2034, Policies D14, D15 and D16 of the Local Plan: Development Management Policies (LPDMP), Climate change, sustainable design, construction and energy, 2024 SPD and the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU5 9DH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Albury

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2024
Consultation expiry
9 November 2024
Consultation start
18 October 2024
Consultation end
9 November 2024
Neighbour consultation start
4 November 2024
Neighbour consultation end
9 November 2024
Last date for comments
5 March 2025
Target decision date
5 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walk-in Architecture
Agent address
83 High Street, Caterham, CR3 5UF

Planning decision

Statutory period
145 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
9 November 2024
Site notice end
9 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13446573
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: East and West ChennellsOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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