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48A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES

26/P/00352Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 21 July 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Proposed conversion of the existing four-bedroom duplex into two self-contained two-bedroom residential units.

Received
17 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle
Agent
JE Architecture
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 112 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 48A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3ES. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 9 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 769 applications in total for the GU1 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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Application details

Postcode
GU1 3ES
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation start
3 April 2026
Consultation end
8 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
2 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
8 May 2026
Last date for comments
26 May 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
JE Architecture
Architect profile
JE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
School Hill Cottage, School Hill, Seale, GU10 1HY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
8 May 2026
Site notice start
17 April 2026
Site notice end
8 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14788372
Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Guildford Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: 56, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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, 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.

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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