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Surrey County Council Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ

26/CON/00023Consultation by SCCAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Consultation from Surrey County Council: Prior approval for the demolition of existing vehicle storage building. (This application is determined by Surrey County Council under their ref SCCRef-2026-0107)

Received
22 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 November 2026
Ward
Merrow
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Surrey County Council Merrow Depot, Merrow Lane, Guildford, GU4 7BQ. Guildford has handled 651 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 July 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Merrow. 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).

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Application details

Postcode
GU4 7BQ
Application type
Consultation by SCC
Parish
Neighbouring Authority

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Surrey County Council

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: GuildfordPart of the site
  • 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 (21)

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, 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.

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