1 Felday Houses, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NJ
Refused on 3 February 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal
Proposal
Proposed vehicle crossover and dropped kerb.
- Received
- 24 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- ReceivedReceived24 Oct
- ValidatedValidated9 Dec
- Consult.Consultation10 Jan
- TargetTarget Date3 Feb
- DecidedDecided3 Feb
Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 1 Felday Houses, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NJ. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 6 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 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
- The proposal would require removal of a group of trees along Horsham Road and would result in the loss of a "tree tunnel" effect which is considered an attractive and prominent visual feature that contributes positively to the character and nature of the locality. The loss of this visual feature would fail to conserve or enhance the natural beauty of Surrey Hills National Landscape. It would harm the setting of the distinctive character of the Area of Great Landscape Value. It would fail to respond positively to the significant views, natural interest and prevailing character of the area. The proposal would be contrary to Policy P1 of Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015—2034 adopted April 2019, Policy D4 of Guildford Borough Local Plan: Development Management Policies adopted March 2023, Surrey Hills National Landscape Management Plan 2025-2030 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The submitted drawings failed to demonstrate that the proposed vehicular visibility splays would be free from obstruction having regard to existing banking, boundary treatments and vegetation. The submitted drawings also failed to demonstrate that the proposed pedestrian visibility splays would be fully secured and maintained for the lifetime of the development. The proposal failed to demonstrate to the satisfaction of Surrey County Council Highways that safe and suitable access would be provided. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policy ID10 of Guildford Borough Local Plan: Development Management Policies and the National Planning Policy Framework.
- The proposal would not preserve the openness of the Green Belt and would conflict with the purposes of including land within it. It would not fall under any exception set out in Chapter 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework. It would be inappropriate development which is, by definition, harmful to the Green Belt. There are no very special circumstances that clearly outweight the harm on the Green Belt and the other identified harms. In light of these comments, it is considered that the proposal would be contrary to Policy P2 of Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015—2034 adopted April 2019, Green Belt Supplementary Planning Document 2023 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- RH5 6NJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shere
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 3 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 15 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 10 January 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Guildford
- National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
- 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, 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, 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.
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