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Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QA

25/P/00654Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 10 November 2025

Council decision: ApprovePlanning Commitee39 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of vacant offices to a public house with ancillary staff accommodation; demolition of single storey building; erection of single storey front extension and single storey rear extension; alterations to access; alterations to car park including cycle parking, electric vehicle charging and all other associated works. (Amended plans received 25.07.2025 showing amended internal and external works, landscaping and transport, waste, bat, energy and noise details)

Received
2 May 2025
Decision level
Planning Commitee
Public comments
24
Ward
Bellfields & Slyfield
Agent
Walsingham Planning
  1. Received2 May
  2. Validated13 May
  3. Consult.18 Jun
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided10 Nov

Decided in 181 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QA. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 192 days, 18 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Wey and Godalming Navigations conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 772 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 1QA
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Bellfields & Slyfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 May 2025
Consultation expiry
18 June 2025
Consultation start
16 May 2025
Consultation end
18 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 June 2025
Last date for comments
10 December 2025
Target decision date
10 December 2025
Committee meeting
5 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Walsingham Planning
Agent address
Bourne House, Cores End Road, Bourne End, SL8 5AR

Planning decision

Statutory period
211 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
18 June 2025
Site notice start
28 May 2025
Site notice end
18 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13695338
Documents
153

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Wey and Godalming Navigations
  • Brownfield land register: Stoke Mill, Woking Road, Guildford, GU1 1QARegister site at or near this address

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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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