The Guildhall, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AA
Approved on 15 May 2026
Council decision: ApprovePlanning Commitee6 conditions
Proposal
Listed building consent for the remedial repairs to The Guildhall including: structural repair to the south-east corner post of the timber-framed front elevation, associated repair works to the sole plate at the base of the east elevation wall, repairs to the external diagonal timber brace, replacement of the jetty balcony soffit with permeable finishes to prevent further decay of timber floor joists and replacement of surrounding masonry finishes with breathable materials.
- Received
- 24 February 2026
- Decision level
- Planning Commitee
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Castle
- Agent
- Cooper & Withycombe Ltd
- ReceivedReceived24 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 59 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Guildhall, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AA. Guildford has handled 134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 2 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 postcode area.
90% of heritage 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
- GU1 3AA
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Castle
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 20 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 19 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 17 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 20 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
- Committee meeting
- 29 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cooper & Withycombe Ltd
- Agent address
- Austen House, Units A-J Station View, Guildford, GU1 4AR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 64 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 April 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Guildford Town Centre
- Brownfield land register: 136-140 High Street, Guildford, GU1 3HJRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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.
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