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Hawthorns, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EF

25/P/00788Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 15 October 2025

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

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

Proposal

Part single storey and part two storey front, side and rear extensions together with new roof over porch and fenestration changes.

Received
29 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Clandon & Horsley
Agent
MB Design Services
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 139 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at Hawthorns, Shere Road, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6EF. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 139 days, 11 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 299 applications across Clandon & Horsley. We hold 957 applications in total for the KT24 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 proposed development, by reason of its size, bulk, mass, volume and floor area, would result in a disproportionate addition over and above the size of the original building. The development would therefore constitute inappropriate development, which is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt. It would also cause some harm to the openness of the Green Belt. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated which would clearly outweigh the inherent harm that would be caused to the Green Belt. The development therefore fails to accord with Chapter 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), policy P2 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (adopted by Council on 25 April 2019) and Green Belt SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
KT24 6EF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Horsley

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2025
Consultation expiry
10 July 2025
Consultation start
6 June 2025
Consultation end
10 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
10 July 2025
Last date for comments
24 July 2025
Target decision date
24 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
MB Design Services
Architect profile
MB DESIGN SERVICES LIMITED
Agent address
36 Peel Avenue, Frimley, GU16 8YT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 July 2025
Site notice start
19 June 2025
Site notice end
10 July 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14045278
Comments
0
Documents
6

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.

Source: Guildford

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