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2 Orchard Cottages, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8QW

26/P/00511Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: ApproveDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Single storey side and rear extension with changes to fenestration.

Received
20 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
HJ Architects
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated20 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target15 Jun
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 136 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 2 Orchard Cottages, Sample Oak Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8QW. Guildford has handled 2,986 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 10 weeks longer than Guildford's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. 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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Application details

Postcode
GU4 8QW
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St. Martha

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
HJ Architects
Architect profile
HJ ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
40 Church Street, Hampton, London, TW12 2EG

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Gent
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 May 2026
Site notice end
16 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14705605
Comments
0
Documents
11

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
  • 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.

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.

Source: Guildford

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