Meadow Cottage, Brook Hill, Brook, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DJ
Refused on 26 May 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Erection of detached oak framed garage/carport
- Received
- 16 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- ReceivedReceived16 Mar
- ValidatedValidated16 Mar
- Consult.Consultation24 Apr
- TargetTarget Date11 May
- DecidedDecided26 May
Decided in 71 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Meadow Cottage, Brook Hill, Brook, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DJ. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 days longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 420 applications in total for the GU5 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
- The cumulative impact of the proposed garage/carport, when considered alongside existing additions and alterations to the dwelling, would by definition be harmful to the Green Belt due to their combined scale, height, and massing. Therefore, the proposal, along with previous extensions, would result in disproportionate addition over and above the size of the original building. The proposal would also result in some harm to the openness of the Green Belt. No very special circumstances have been put forward to outweigh the identified harm to the Green Belt, and none are considered to exist in this instance. The development therefore fails to comply with Policy P2 of the Local Plan: Strategy and Sites, the Green Belt Supplementary Planning Document (2023), and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- GU5 9DJ
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Albury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 11 May 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 3 April 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 April 2026
- Site notice start
- 3 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 24 April 2026
Appeal history
Site constraints
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.
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