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28-30 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3EL

25/P/01558Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 June 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)19 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of extension to existing building to form additional office space with commercial unit on ground floor. Creation of parking spaces, bin store and cycle storage.

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
18
Ward
Castle
Agent
C7 Architects
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 222 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 28-30 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3EL. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 222 days, 23 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 769 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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Application details

Postcode
GU1 3EL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Consultation expiry
26 December 2025
Consultation start
28 November 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2025
Last date for comments
12 March 2026
Target decision date
26 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
C7 Architects
Agent address
PM House, Riverway Estate, Old Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU3 1LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
118 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
26 December 2025
Site notice start
5 December 2025
Site notice end
26 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14253199
Documents
62

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    22 Sep

    Discharge of condition 3 (materials), 4 (CEMP), 7 (archaeological monitoring and recording), 16 (construction…

    PendingDischarge of conditions26/D/00141
  2. 2025
    14 Nov

    Erection of extension to existing building to form additional office space with commercial unit on ground…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/P/01558

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