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The Charcoal House, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ

25/P/00685Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 1 October 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed changes to fenestration, including additional windows, new standing seam roof and gable cladding, alterations to parking configuration, erection of fencing, bin store and cycle store, and other landscaping works (description amended 31/07/2025).

Received
9 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received9 May
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 145 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at The Charcoal House, Blacksmith Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NQ. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 12 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 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
GU4 8NQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
St. Martha

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2025
Consultation expiry
21 August 2025
Consultation start
23 May 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2025
Last date for comments
3 October 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Fairlea Cottage, 69 Fairview Road, Headley Down, GU35 8HQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
147 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 May 2025
Advertisement expiry
21 August 2025
Site notice start
31 July 2025
Site notice end
21 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14006169
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
  • 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, 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.

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    27 Oct

    Non Material amendment for 06/P/0091

    RefusedNon-material amendment23/N/00094
  2. 2022
    21 Oct

    T1 (Ash) - Remove. Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area.

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area22/T/00265
  3. 2021
    7 Jul

    Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class O of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted…

    ApprovedOffice to residential21/W/00085
  4. 2020
    10 Jul

    Prior notification for change of use from B1(A) (office) to C3 (residential) consisting of 1no. 2 bed & 1no…

    ApprovedOffice to residential20/W/00081
  5. 2018
    28 Mar

    Erection of a two-storey office extension following the demolition of an existing single storey extension…

    ApprovedFull Application18/P/00630
  6. 2016
    23 Dec

    Prior notification for change of use from B1(A) (office) to C3 (residential) consisting of 1no. 2 bed & 1no…

    ApprovedOffice to House: Permitted Development16/W/00122

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