Chilworth Manor, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NN
Approved on 5 May 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions
Proposal
Installation of a free standing solar array comprising of 167 panels, inverter and three battery storage cabinets.
- Received
- 1 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Agent
- Planit Consulting
- ReceivedReceived1 Dec
- ValidatedValidated1 Dec
- Consult.Consultation9 Jan
- TargetTarget Date6 May
- DecidedDecided5 May
Decided in 155 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Chilworth Manor, Halfpenny Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NN. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 13 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 175 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 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
- GU4 8NN
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- St. Martha
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 9 January 2026
- Consultation start
- 12 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Planit Consulting
- Architect profile
- PLANIT CONSULTANTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 3 Innovation Place, Douglas Drive, Godalming, GU7 1JX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 156 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 19 December 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 19 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 9 January 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
- Green belt: Guildford
- 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, 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, 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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
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ApprovedPrior Notification (Agriculture)14/P/00595 - 201418 Feb
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RefusedPrior Notification (Agriculture)14/P/00270 - 201112 Aug
Conditions 1,2,3,4,5, and 6
PendingDischarge of conditions11/A/01866 - 201111 May
Installation of free standing photovoltaic cells (40 metres by 8 metres).
ApprovedFull Application11/P/00859
Source: Guildford
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For the applicant
Need an ecological survey or mitigation plan? Ecologists near this site
Condition 6 on the decision asks for this.
Consultants on this application
- Planit Consulting Ltd · Agent for this application
- 8.6 miDorking
- 9.0 miDorking
- 12.2 miHorsham
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
Find contractors for solar & renewables near this site- Paul Sims Electrical ServicesElectrician0.3 mi
- Guildford Roofing & Building LtdGuildford0.8 mi
- Ambr Developments LtdGuildfordResidential ConstructionExtensions1.1 mi
- S R Jeanes LtdElectrician1.2 mi
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