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The Kepler Building, 10 Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YE

25/P/00185Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Full planning application for alterations and extensions to temporary research and development building (granted under permission ref. 20/P/00766) to convert it into a permanent facility for research and development use.

Received
12 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Worplesdon
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 105 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Kepler Building, 10 Surrey Research Park, Guildford, GU2 7YE. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 13 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Worplesdon. 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 7YE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Worplesdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025
Consultation expiry
3 May 2025
Consultation start
11 April 2025
Consultation end
3 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2025
Last date for comments
18 July 2025
Target decision date
18 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
tor&co
Agent address
Everdene House, Deansleigh Rd, Bournemouth, BH7 7DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
107 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
3 May 2025
Site notice end
3 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13573134
Comments
0
Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Ancient woodlandPart of the site
  • 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, 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, 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.

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