Land between 57 and 59, Grange Road, Tongham, GU10 1DJ
Refused on 13 May 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Erection of self build detached dwellinghouse with parking, cycle and bin stores.
- Received
- 5 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Pilgrims
- Agent
- White Planning
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated5 Feb
- Consult.Consultation21 Mar
- TargetTarget Date2 Apr
- DecidedDecided13 May
Decided in 97 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land between 57 and 59, Grange Road, Tongham, GU10 1DJ. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 5 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Pilgrims. We hold 3,089 applications in total for the GU10 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
- It has not been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the County Highway Authority that the required degree of visibility is achievable where the site access meets Grange Road. The proposed development will therefore lead to highway safety concerns, and would therefore be contrary to the National Planning Policy Framework (2025), Surrey County Council’s Local Transport Plan 4 and policy ID3 of the Guildford Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015 - 2034
- The application has not demonstrated how the development has taken a 'fabric-first' approach, in line with Policy D2 of the Guildford Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015 - 2034, Policies D14 - D16 of the Guildford Local Plan: Development Management Policies 2023, the Climate Change, Sustainable Design, Construction and Energy Supplementary Planning Document 2024 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
- The site lies within the 400m to 5km zone of the Thames Basin Heaths Special Protection Area (TBHSPA). The Local Planning Authority is not satisfied that there will be no likely significant effect on the Special Protection Area and, in the absence of an appropriate assessment, is unable to satisfy itself that this proposal, either alone or in combination with other development, would not have an adverse effect on the integrity of the Special Protection Area. In this respect, significant concerns remain with regard to the adverse effect on the integrity of Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB the Special Protection Area in that there is likely to be an increase in dog walking, general recreational use, damage to the habitat, disturbance to the protected species within the protected areas and road traffic emissions. As such the development is contrary to the objectives of policy P5 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites (LPSS) 2015-2034 and conflicts with saved policy NRM6 of the South East Plan 2009. For the same reasons the development would fail to meet the requirements of Regulation 63 of The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 as amended, and as the development does not meet the requirements of Regulation 64 the Local Planning Authority must refuse to grant planning permission.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- GU10 1DJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Tongham
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 21 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 21 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- White Planning
- Agent address
- Wey Bank, Alton Road, Farnham, GU10 5EL
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Morgan Laird
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 21 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 21 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14658569
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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