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Dell Cottage, Burrows Lea, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ

26/P/00028Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Change of use of Dell Cottage to mixed use C2 and C3 to allow use of self-contained accommodation as short term visitor let.

Received
12 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
GH Planning
  1. Received12 Jan
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.14 Feb
  4. Target9 Mar
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 120 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Dell Cottage, Burrows Lea, Hook Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QQ. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 8 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.

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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Application details

Postcode
GU5 9QQ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Consultation expiry
14 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
14 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 February 2026
Last date for comments
9 March 2026
Target decision date
9 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
GH Planning
Agent address
The Cart Barn (SBA), High House Farm, Gomshall Lane, Shere, GU5 9BU

Planning decision

Case officer
Cindy Blythe
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 February 2026
Site notice end
14 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14560260
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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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