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Guildford Rowing Club, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU1 3XL

26/P/00003Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 18 June 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Demolition of 25 metres of chalk wall and brick sections at the east end of the site.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Castle
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 122 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Guildford Rowing Club, Shalford Road, Guildford, GU1 3XL. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 14 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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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Why it was refused

  1. A structural survey has not been submitted demonstrating the chalk clunch walls' proposed demolition is justified and the wall is not capable of being repaired and retained on site. The walls demolition would not preserve the character and appearance of the conservation area. As such, the proposal would result in less than substantial harm to the significance of the designated heritage asset. No public benefit has been identified to outweigh the harm to the heritage asset and therefore permission should be refused. Due regard has been given to the provisions of Section 72 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Chapter 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) (2024), Policy D1: Place Shaping, Policy D3: Historic Environment of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (LPSS) 2015 - 2034, and Policy D18: Designated Heritage Assets, Policy D20: Conservation Areas of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Development Management Policies (2023).
  2. The application site lies within Flood Zone 3. The applicant has failed to provide a flood risk assessment which demonstrates that the development is safe without increasing risk elsewhere. In the absence of a flood risk assessment, the flood risks posed by the development are unknown. It is therefore considered that the proposed development would fail to comply with guidance and advice within the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and Planning Policy Guidance, and Policy P4 of the Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (LPSS) 2015 - 2034.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU1 3XL
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Consultation expiry
20 March 2026
Consultation start
20 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 April 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
20 March 2026
Site notice start
20 February 2026
Site notice end
20 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14594623
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Guildford Town Centre
  • 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, 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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