Alderbrook House, 4 Redwood Grove, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NU
Approved on 24 March 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Installation of rooftop PV solar arrays.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Agent
- STAAC Design LTD
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation18 Mar
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Alderbrook House, 4 Redwood Grove, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8NU. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 3 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Chilworth Gunpowder Mills conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. 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 8NU
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St. Martha
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 30 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 30 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 25 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
- Decision issued
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- STAAC Design LTD
- Architect profile
- STAAC DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- 5 Chesterton Drive, Seaford, BN25 3RH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 6 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 26 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 18 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Chilworth Gunpowder Mills
- 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.
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© 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
- 202623 Jan
Installation of rooftop PV solar arrays.
This applicationApprovedFull26/P/00079 - 202623 Jan
Construction of a new open front porch, installation of roof lantern, and alterations to fenestration…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside26/P/00080
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201814 Aug
Construction of one new 3 bedroom dwelling.
WithdrawnFull Application18/P/01608 - 201417 Mar
T1 Lawsons Cypress - reduce height by 3 meters to reduce wind sail. T2 Leyland Cypress - reduce height by 5…
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area14/T/00049 - 201320 Nov
T1 Horse Chestnut - fell due to presence of Honey Fungus infection and bleeding canker.
ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area13/T/00297
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