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The Bungalow, The Rydings, Long Reach, Ockham, GU23 6PF

26/P/00406Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 30 October 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

A single storey oak-framed extension to a detached bungalow, to include over-cladding of the bungalow to match the extension (part retrospective)

Received
30 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1 · last counted 31 October 2026
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Agent
White Planning
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.2 May
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 214 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Bungalow,The Rydings, Long Reach, Ockham, GU23 6PF. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 214 days, 22 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 242 applications across Send & Lovelace. We hold 665 applications in total for the GU23 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 proposed extension would by definition be harmful to the Green Belt due to their combined scale, height, and massing. The proposal would result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building. No very special circumstances are considered to exist that outweigh the identified harm to the Green Belt. The development therefore fails to comply with Policy P2 of the Local Plan: Strategy and Sites, the Green Belt Supplementary Planning Document (2023), together with Policies GB6 and GB7 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).
  2. The proposed extensions fail to demonstrate how sustainable measures would be incorporated into the development. As such, the proposal does not accord with Policy D2 of the LPSS, Policies D14 and D15 of the, Local Plan Development Management Policies (2023), and Policies CC2 and CC3 of the National Planning Policy Framework (2026).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU23 6PF
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ockham

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2026
Consultation expiry
2 May 2026
Consultation start
10 April 2026
Consultation end
2 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
2 May 2026
Last date for comments
25 May 2026
Target decision date
25 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
White Planning
Agent address
Wey Bank, Alton Road, Farnham, GU10 5EL

Planning decision

Case officer
Nicholas Withers
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
2 May 2026
Site notice end
2 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14801973
Documents
16

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
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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