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Woodlands, Chapel Lane, Pirbright, Guildford, Woking, GU24 0LU

25/P/00675Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 13 August 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of a double garage with a pitch roof following the demolition of the existing garage

Received
7 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Normandy & Pirbright
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated21 May
  3. Consult.28 Jun
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 84 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Woodlands, Chapel Lane, Pirbright, Guildford, Woking, GU24 0LU. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 5 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 121 applications across Normandy & Pirbright. We hold 1,058 applications in total for the GU24 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal by reason of its scale, bulk and design would result in a prominent double garage building which would be materially larger than the building it would replace and would constitute inappropriate development in the Green Belt to which substantial harm must be attached. There are no very special circumstances present to clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness and other harms such as to justify the proposal. As such the development is contrary to the NPPF and to LPSS Policy P2.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU24 0LU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pirbright

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 May 2025
Consultation expiry
28 June 2025
Consultation start
6 June 2025
Consultation end
28 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
28 June 2025
Last date for comments
25 August 2025
Target decision date
25 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Broom Acres, Fleet, GU52 7UU

Planning decision

Case officer
Cindy Blythe
Statutory period
96 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 June 2025
Site notice start
6 June 2025
Site notice end
28 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13999333
Comments
0
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Guildford
  • 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, 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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