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51 Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NW

25/P/01620Outline ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)15 conditions

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

Proposal

Outline application to consider access, appearance, layout and scale for a new dwelling (landscaping reserved), following demolition of attached side annexe to number 51.

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Jan
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 175 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 51 Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NW. Guildford has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 175 days, 16 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 957 applications in total for the GU4 postcode area.

81% of outline applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
GU4 8NW
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
St. Martha

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 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
27 May 2026
Target decision date
27 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
176 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
10 January 2026
Site notice start
19 December 2025
Site notice end
10 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14466696
Comments
0
Documents
29

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.

Source: Guildford

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