Watchmoor Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP
Approved on 31 October 2025
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Creation of parking area following partial demolition of garage and existing front wall, reconstruction of retaining wall with relocation of entrance steps.
- Received
- 15 May 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- ReceivedReceived15 May
- ValidatedValidated15 May
- Consult.Consultation11 Jul
- TargetTarget Date4 Nov
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 169 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Watchmoor Cottage, Holmbury Hill Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NP. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 169 days, 15 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Holmbury St Mary conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 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
- RH5 6NP
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Shere
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 May 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 30 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 11 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 4 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 3 Leather Lane, Gomshall, GU5 9NB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 173 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 June 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 July 2025
- Site notice start
- 20 June 2025
- Site notice end
- 11 July 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13951801
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Holmbury St Mary
- Green belt: Guildford
- National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
- 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 (19)
flood storage 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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20213 Dec
Alterations to existing stone clad retaining wall at road level and new works to provide a new pedestrian…
RefusedFull Application21/P/02526 - 20219 Jun
See Tree Schedule (Holmbury St Mary Conservation Area)
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area21/T/00189 - 20186 Aug
Single storey rear extension. Removal of garage roof to provide new staircase to access rear garden.
ApprovedFull Application18/P/01548
Source: Guildford
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