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Tamarisk, Pilgrims Close, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JR

26/P/00552C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or DevRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 24 June 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to esablish whether a single storey rear extension would be lawful.

Received
24 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
Simon Best Associates Ltd
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target19 Jun
  5. Decided24 Jun

Decided in 61 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at Tamarisk, Pilgrims Close, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JR. Guildford has handled 651 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days. The site is in the Shere conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 420 applications in total for the GU5 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).

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Application details

Postcode
GU5 9JR
Application type
C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026
Last date for comments
19 June 2026
Target decision date
19 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Simon Best Associates Ltd
Architect profile
SIMON BEST ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
The Long Barn, High House Farm, Gomshal Lane, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9BU

Planning decision

Case officer
Nicholas Withers
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14876069
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SherePart of the site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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

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© 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.

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