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4 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Westfield Road, Guildford, GU1 1RR

25/P/00203Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 7 July 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use from a Class B2 use to a flexible use of either B2 or B8 with ancillary office space on the mezzanine level (retrospective)

Received
17 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bellfields & Slyfield
Agent
RMB DESIGNS
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.15 Mar
  4. Target11 Jul
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 140 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Slyfield Industrial Estate, Westfield Road, Guildford, GU1 1RR. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 11 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Bellfields & Slyfield. We hold 769 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 1RR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bellfields & Slyfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2025
Consultation expiry
15 March 2025
Consultation start
21 February 2025
Consultation end
15 March 2025
Neighbour consultation start
21 February 2025
Neighbour consultation end
15 March 2025
Last date for comments
11 July 2025
Target decision date
11 July 2025
Decision issued
8 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RMB DESIGNS
Agent address
Top Cottage 1 Blanchards Hill, Sutton Place, Sutton Green, Guildford, GU4 7QP

Planning decision

Statutory period
144 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
15 March 2025
Site notice end
15 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13778055
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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