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1 Vine Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE

25/P/01507Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 8 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Listed building consent for the proposed erection of a single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing rear extension and rear shed. Infill porch extension. Installation of a first-floor rear window and rooflight. (description amended 20 Apr 2026)

Received
4 November 2025
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated4 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 185 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 1 Vine Cottage, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9HE. Guildford has handled 7,086 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 17 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Shere conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposal would require demolition of an existing rear extension which is considered to form part of the significance of the listed building. The proposed rear extension would wrap around the core of the main building and would fail to show sufficient subservience to the listed building. The proposed rooflight would be installed on an uninterrupted roofslope and there is insufficient information on the rooflight or justification of the work. It is considered that the proposal would result in a less-than-substantial harm to the significance of the listed building. No public benefit was identified to outweigh the harm to the designated heritage asset. Therefore, the proposal would be contrary to Policy D3 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015-2034, Policy D4, D18 and D19 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Development Management Policies (2023) and Chapter 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU5 9HE
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
James Tang

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: Shere
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Nov

    Proposed single-storey rear extension following demolition of existing 19th century lean-to structure…

    RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside25/P/01506
  2. 2025
    4 Nov

    Listed building consent for the proposed erection of a single-storey rear extension following demolition of…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent25/P/01507

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