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Grove Heath Farm, Grove Heath Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ES

26/P/00239Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 24 July 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the use of The Old Barn as an independent residential dwelling (use class C3) began more than 4 years ago.

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Agent
Planit Consulting
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 151 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Grove Heath Farm, Grove Heath Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ES. Guildford has handled 297 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 13 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 242 applications across Send & Lovelace. We hold 665 applications in total for the GU23 postcode area.

80% of amendment applications at Guildford Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
GU23 6ES
Application type
Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ripley

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Planit Consulting
Agent address
3 Innovation Place, Douglas Drive, Godalming, GU7 1JX

Planning decision

Case officer
Nicola Powis
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 April 2026
Site notice end
6 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14727228
Documents
13

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
  • 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, 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, 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.

Source: Guildford

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