Magnet, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 1DP
Approved on 15 May 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 24/P/01503 approved 03/12/2025 for the demolition of the existing building and erection of a mixed-use employment building comprising of self-storage with ancillary flexible office space (use class B8) and a flexible commercial unit for use class E, with associated atrium, hard and soft landscaping, and parking and servicing arrangements. To make amendment to the west facade of the ground floor to regularise the building line (from a 'Zig-Zag'arrangement to a straight line); Removal, re-location and addition of doors / glazing/ roller shutters on all elevations (amendments from single doors to double doors, along with revised locations to line up with bays); Re-location of loading bay and corresponding roller shutter; Minor reduction in projection of ground floor canopy; Internal reconfiguration including re-located reception staircase; addition of smoke vents on roof to both cores and smoke louvres to west elevation; Minor amendments to landscaping; and the location of cycle parking (maintaining the same quantum as approved to date).
- Received
- 9 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Stoke
- Agent
- ROK Planning
- ReceivedReceived9 Jan
- ValidatedValidated9 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Feb
- TargetTarget Date6 Feb
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 126 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Magnet, Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 1DP. Guildford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 9 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Stoke. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- GU1 1DP
- Application type
- Non-material amendment
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stoke
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ROK Planning
- Agent address
- 51-52 St. John's Square, London, EC1V 4JL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High 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.
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Associated applications
- 202615 Jan
Discharge of condition 4 (archaeology) and 10 (surface water drainage scheme) of planning permission…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/D/00190/1 - 20269 Jan
Non Material Amendment to planning permission 24/P/01503
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment26/N/00003
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 May
Discharge of Condition 12 (design and access statement, plans and information) of planning applic...
RefusedDischarge of conditions25/D/00190/4 - 20261 May
Discharge of conditions 13 (landscape design) and 24 (cycle parking details) of planning application…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/D/00190/3 - 202627 Jan
Discharge of Condition 5 (Site Investigation and Remediation Strategy) of planning permission 24/P/01503
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/D/00190/2
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