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6 Cunningham Avenue, Guildford, GU1 2PE

25/P/01431Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 29 May 2026

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

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

Proposal

Installation of fencing on boundary together with landscaping.

Received
20 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Merrow
Agent
D & M Planning Ltd
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated7 Nov
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target2 Jan
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 203 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 6 Cunningham Avenue, Guildford, GU1 2PE. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 23 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Merrow. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 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 installation of fencing, by reason of its siting, positioning, and prominent corner plot location, would disrupt the established building line along Cunningham Avenue and result in the enclosure of an existing grass verge and open landscaped area. The proposal would introduce a visually intrusive and urbanising form of development that would detract from the open and green character of the northern side of Cunningham Avenue and the wider street scene. The proposal therefore conflicts with Policy D1 of the Guildford Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015–2034, Policies H4 and D4 of the Local Plan Development Management Policies (LPDMP) 2023, the Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (2018), and Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU1 2PE
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Merrow

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 November 2025
Consultation expiry
6 December 2025
Consultation start
14 November 2025
Consultation end
6 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
6 December 2025
Last date for comments
2 January 2026
Target decision date
2 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
D & M Planning Ltd
Agent address
1a High Street, Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 December 2025
Site notice end
6 December 2025

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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