Burrows Croft, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR
Approved on 28 April 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use to establish whether a rear conservatory/extension, first floor side extension and detached garage is lawful.
- Received
- 2 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Agent
- Planit Consulting
- ReceivedReceived2 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date27 Jan
- DecidedDecided28 Apr
Decided in 147 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Burrows Croft, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR. Guildford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 147 days, 12 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
80% of amendment 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
- GU5 9QR
- Application type
- Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Shere
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 19 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 27 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Planit Consulting
- Architect profile
- PLANIT CONSULTANTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 3 Innovation Place, Douglas Drive, GODALMING, GU7 1JX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Chris Gent
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 January 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 6 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 16 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 6 February 2026
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.
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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