Firbank Cottage, Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EW
Approved on 31 January 2025
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions
Proposal
Alterations to roof of existing side projection to increase ridge height and create rooms in roof, installation of solar panels, and erection of single storey front/side extension.
- Received
- 20 November 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- St Nicolas
- Agent
- Michael Conoley Associates
- ReceivedReceived20 Nov
- ValidatedValidated22 Nov
- Consult.Consultation21 Dec
- TargetTarget Date31 Jan
- DecidedDecided31 Jan
Decided in 70 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a side extension at Firbank Cottage, Guildown Road, Guildford, GU2 4EW. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 9 days longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the St Catherines Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across St Nicolas. We hold 831 applications in total for the GU2 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
- GU2 4EW
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Friary & St. Nicolas
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 November 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 21 December 2024
- Consultation start
- 29 November 2024
- Consultation end
- 21 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 13 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 December 2024
- Last date for comments
- 31 January 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 January 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Michael Conoley Associates
- Agent address
- Abbey House, Hickleys Court, South Street, Farnham, GU9 7QQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 70 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 29 November 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 December 2024
- Site notice start
- 29 November 2024
- Site notice end
- 21 December 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13579937
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St Catherines Guildford Town Centre
- 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, 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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