188 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HW
Approved on 21 March 2025
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Advertisement Consent for 2 non-illuminated Fascia signs, 1 non-illuminated projecting sign, with vinyl text and window graphics.
- Received
- 3 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation21 Mar
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided21 Mar
Decided in 46 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 188 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HW. Guildford has handled 61 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 2 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 postcode area.
86% of advertising 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 3HW
- Application type
- Advertisement
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Castle
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 21 March 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 21 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 February 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Astley Signs
- Agent address
- Redforrest House, Queens Court North, Earlsway, Gateshead, NE11 0BP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 February 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 March 2025
- Site notice start
- 28 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 21 March 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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