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275 Stoughton Road, Guildford, GU2 9PR

25/P/01026Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 December 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Erection of two storey 3 bedroom dwelling with solar panels on south and east facing sides following demolition of existing garage and shed (self build)

Received
16 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
22
Ward
Stoughton South
Agent
Chrysalis Design Limited
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated28 Jul
  3. Consult.23 Aug
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 144 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 275 Stoughton Road, Guildford, GU2 9PR. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 13 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Stoughton Barracks conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Stoughton South. We hold 831 applications in total for the GU2 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 the subdivision of the land to the rear of 275 Stoughton Road, would lead to a cramped and contrived form of development which would be out of keeping with the established local character and grain of development in the area and would not integrate well with surrounding development. The application therefore fails to comply with policy D1 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites, Policies ID10, D4, D5 and D8 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan Development Management Policies and with the provisions of the NPPF (2024).
  2. The proposed development by nature of its mass bulk and height in combination with its position and first floor windows would result in an overbearing and over dominant form of development with loss of privacy to the occupiers of the adjacent neighbouring properties being an un neighbourly form of development which would fail to comply with policy D1 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites, policies D5 & D8 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan Development Management Plan and with the provisions of the NPPF (2024).
  3. The site lies within the 400m to 5km zone of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (TBHSPA). The Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that there will be no likely significant effect on the Special Protection Area and, in the Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB absence of an appropriate assessment, is unable to satisfy itself that this proposal, either alone or in combination with other development, would not have an adverse effect on the integrity of the Special Protection Area and the relevant Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). In this respect, significant concerns remain with regard to the adverse effect on the integrity of the Special Protection Area in that there is likely to be an increase in dog walking, general recreational use, damage to the habitat, disturbance to the protected species within the protected areas and road traffic emissions. As such the development is contrary to the objectives of policy P5 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (LPSS) 2015-2034 and conflicts with saved policy NRM6 of the South East Plan 2009. For the same reasons the development would fail to meet the requirements of Regulation 63 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 as amended, and as the development does not meet the requirements of Regulation 64 the Local Planning Authority must refuse to grant planning permission.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU2 9PR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stoughton South

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 July 2025
Consultation expiry
23 August 2025
Consultation start
1 August 2025
Consultation end
23 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
14 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 August 2025
Last date for comments
22 September 2025
Target decision date
22 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Chrysalis Design Limited
Architect profile
CHRYSALIS DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
66 Stoke Fields, Guildford, GU1 4LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 August 2025
Site notice end
23 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14158065
Documents
33

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: Stoughton Barracks
  • 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.

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