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56 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES

25/P/01054Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 September 2025

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for 1 x set of flat cut lettering to existing background fascia, together with 1 x non illuminated projecting sign.

Received
22 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated1 Aug
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target26 Sep
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 56 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES. Guildford has handled 134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 769 applications in total for the GU1 postcode area.

90% of heritage applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
GU1 3ES
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 August 2025
Consultation expiry
5 September 2025
Consultation start
8 August 2025
Consultation end
5 September 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 August 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 September 2025
Last date for comments
26 September 2025
Target decision date
26 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blaze Signs
Agent address
5 Patricia Way, Broadstairs, CT10 2XZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 August 2025
Advertisement expiry
5 September 2025
Site notice start
15 August 2025
Site notice end
5 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14196226
Comments
0
Documents
8

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: Guildford Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 56, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Source: Guildford

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