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Debenhams, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UU

26/N/00024Non-material amendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non Material Amendment to planning permission 21/P/02232 approved 28/03/2023 for the 'Demolition of existing building and erection of two buildings comprising residential accommodation (Use Class C3), flexible retail floorspace (Use Class E) and cinema (Sui Generis), together with car and cycle parking, plant and all highways, landscaping and other associated works.' to make internal changes to the apartment layouts, corridor lengths, residential amenity, and basement updates together with external changes to the roof height, plant changes at roof level to the Town Centre and Riverside Buildings, ground floor façade adjustments including the introduction of skirting of the Riverside Building, windows and inset balconies, and make changes to the Riverside Building Pocket Square and Courtyard Façade

Received
18 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated19 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Apr
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 119 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Debenhams, Millbrook, Guildford, GU1 3UU. Guildford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 8 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Millmead and Portsmouth Road, Guildford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. 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).

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Application details

Postcode
GU1 3UU
Application type
Non-material amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 March 2026
Last date for comments
16 April 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9
Agent address
100 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Joanna Chambers
Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14789147
Comments
0
Documents
27

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 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Millmead and Portsmouth Road, Guildford

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, 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.

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