70 Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DF
Approved on 6 January 2026
Council decision: ApprovePlanning Commitee8 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 7-Bed house of multiple occupation (Sui Generis), retention of single storey rear extension and provision of additional hardstanding within front garden.
- Received
- 24 September 2025
- Decision level
- Planning Commitee
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Westborough
- Agent
- ACE PLAN LTD
- ReceivedReceived24 Sep
- ValidatedValidated24 Sep
- Consult.Consultation31 Oct
- TargetTarget Date9 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Jan
Decided in 104 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 70 Southway, Guildford, GU2 8DF. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 6 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Westborough. We hold 830 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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Application details
- Postcode
- GU2 8DF
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Westborough
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 October 2025
- Consultation start
- 9 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 31 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 31 October 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 31 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 9 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 January 2026
- Committee meeting
- 3 December 2025
- Decision issued
- 7 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ACE PLAN LTD
- Architect profile
- ACE PLAN LTD
- Agent address
- 61 Upper Vernon Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4NW
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 107 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 31 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 9 October 2025
- Site notice end
- 31 October 2025
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Associated applications
- 202619 Mar
Discharge of Condition 3 (hardstanding) of planning permission 25/P/01299
PendingDischarge of conditions26/D/00050 - 202524 Sep
Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Class C3) to a 7-Bed house of multiple occupation (Sui Generis)…
This applicationApprovedFull25/P/01299
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