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Little Thatch, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN

26/P/00322Permission In PrincipleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 19 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Application for permission in principle for the erection of one dwellinghouse.

Received
10 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
N.J.A Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided19 May

Decided in 35 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Little Thatch, Woodhouse Lane, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NN. Guildford has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

81% of outline 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

  1. The site is located in an unsustainable location, with limited active travel opportunities and access to public transport services, and where the only realistic means of transport to access the site would be the private car. This is contrary to Chapter 9 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) and Policy ID3 of the Guildford Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015-2034.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH5 6NN
Application type
Permission In Principle
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Consultation expiry
16 May 2026
Consultation start
24 April 2026
Consultation end
16 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2026
Last date for comments
19 May 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
N.J.A Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
The Beehive, City Place, Gatwick, RH6 OPA

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 May 2026
Site notice end
16 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
14

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
  • National Landscape (AONB): Surrey Hills
  • 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 (20)

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, 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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