Barley Hill, Franksfield, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SR
Refused on 11 March 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Erection of outbuilding comprising of a car port, garden storage and workshop with rooflights following demolition of existing timber stable block.
- Received
- 31 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Agent
- Simon Best Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived31 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date13 Mar
- DecidedDecided11 Mar
Decided in 124 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Barley Hill, Franksfield, Peaslake, Guildford, GU5 9SR. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 10 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 420 applications in total for the GU5 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 proposed replacement outbuilding, by reason of its size, bulk, mass, volume and floor area, would be materially larger than the building it is to replace. The proposal would therefore comprise inappropriate development in the Green Belt which by definition, would be harmful. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated which would clearly outweigh the inherent harm that would be caused to the Green Belt. The development therefore fails to accord with Chapter 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024), policy P2 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (adopted by Council on 25 April 2019) and the Green Belt SPD.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- GU5 9SR
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Shere
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 14 November 2025
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Simon Best Associates Ltd
- Architect profile
- SIMON BEST ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- Agent address
- The Long Barn, High House Farm, Gomshal Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9BU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 126 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 December 2025
- Site notice start
- 27 November 2025
- Site notice end
- 18 December 2025
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Guildford
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