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9 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW

26/P/00377Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 16 July 2026

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

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

Proposal

Application under Section 73 of the town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) to remove condition iii (Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 and Class 1 of Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning General Development Order 1977, no further enlargement or other alteration to the dwellings shall be carried out without the prior approval of the Local Planning Authority) of planning permission 76/P/00454 approved 31 May 1977, (for the residential development of approximately 100 acres of land to the east and west of Merrow Street, Guildford, construction of roads and estate streets and the erection of three shops) solely for the property at 9 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW.

Received
23 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Merrow
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.28 May
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 92 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 9 Baldwin Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7XW. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 7 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Merrow. We hold 957 applications in total for the GU4 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

  1. The removal condition iii) of planning application 76/P/00454 restricting permitted development rights for No.9 Baldwin Crescent and the wider residential development would result in a harmful impact to the established character and appearance of the existing building and surrounding area contrary to policy D4 Guildford Borough Local Plan - Development Management Policies (LPDMP) and policy D1 of the Guildford Borough Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015 - 2034, Chapter 12 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), and the guidance as set out in the Residential Design Guide (2004), Millmead House, Millmead, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 4BB

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU4 7XW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Merrow

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2026
Consultation expiry
16 May 2026
Consultation start
24 April 2026
Consultation end
28 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 May 2026
Last date for comments
15 July 2026
Target decision date
15 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Collins & Coward
Agent address
22 Post Office Road, Broomfield, Chelmsford, CM1 7AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
16 May 2026
Site notice start
24 April 2026
Site notice end
16 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14802943
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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