George Abbot School, Woodruff Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1XX
Approved on 6 May 2026
Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension is lawful.
- Received
- 14 April 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Burpham
- Agent
- Synergy Construction & Property Consultants LLP
- ReceivedReceived14 Apr
- ValidatedValidated14 Apr
- Consult.Consultation16 May
- TargetTarget Date9 Jun
- DecidedDecided6 May
Decided in 22 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at George Abbot School, Woodruff Avenue, Guildford, GU1 1XX. Guildford has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 6 weeks quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Burpham. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 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).
Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address
Application details
- Postcode
- GU1 1XX
- Application type
- C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Burpham
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 start
- 22 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 16 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 9 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 June 2026
- Decision issued
- 8 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Synergy Construction & Property Consultants LLP
- Agent address
- 8 - 9 Faraday Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1EA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 16 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14793914
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
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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