The Sea Horse Inn, 52-54 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU
Approved on 16 April 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions
Proposal
Refurbishment of The Seahorse Public House including internal alterations, repositioning of existing entrance ramp and widening of vehicular entrance
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Shalford
- Agent
- The JTS Partnership LLP
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated27 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 79 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Sea Horse Inn, 52-54 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 3 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Shalford conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Shalford. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 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
- GU4 8BU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Shalford
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 29 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 17 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The JTS Partnership LLP
- Agent address
- 44 St Peter's Street, Canterbury, CT12BG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 80 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 February 2026
- Site notice start
- 6 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 27 February 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Shalford
- 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.
Associated applications
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Listed Building Consent for new/replacement signage to include 1no. illuminated hanging sign to existing…
RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside26/P/00123 - 202623 Jan
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This applicationApprovedFull26/P/00076 - 202623 Jan
Listed Building Consent for the refurbishment of The Seahorse to include new fixed seating, new entrance…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/P/00077
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20263 Nov
T1 (Yew tree) - Remove major dead wood. GP2 (six sycamore trees and one prunus tree) - Fell. (Shalford…
PendingApplication26/T/00301 - 202613 Apr
Advertisement Consent for 1no. illuminated hanging sign to existing post, 1no. replacement ground-mounted…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/P/00476 - 202613 Apr
Listed building consent to display proposed advertising for 1no. illuminated hanging sign to existing post…
ApprovedListed building consent26/P/00475
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- The Sea Horse Inn, 52-54 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU26/P/00476 · AdvertisingApproved0.0 mi
- The Mill House, 63 The Street, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8BU26/P/00069 · HeritageApproved0.0 mi
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Consultants on this application
- The JTS Partnership LLP · Agent for this application
- 18.4 miSlough
- 20.9 miWimbledon
- 24.6 miCroydon
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
Find contractors for renovations & refurbishments near this site- S R Jeanes LtdElectrician0.4 mi
- Ambr Developments LtdGuildfordResidential ConstructionExtensions0.5 mi
- Guildford Roofing & Building LtdGuildford0.8 mi
- Stenball Group LtdElectrician1.1 mi
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