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Hilda Cottage, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH

26/P/00660Listed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 29 July 2026

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

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

Proposal

Listed Building Consent for internal alterations (retrospective application).

Received
15 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Tillingbourne
Agent
Alan Sharp Associates
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target10 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 75 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Hilda Cottage, Horsham Road, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, RH5 6NH. Guildford has handled 134 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 12 days longer than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Holmbury St Mary conservation area. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across Tillingbourne. We hold 1,886 applications in total for the RH5 postcode area.

90% of heritage 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 removal of the staircase and the reversing of the rise has resulted in an opening being created within a historic wall on the ground floor. Historic fabric which contributes to the special interest of the listed building has been lost as a result of this opening which has resulted in a moderate degree of less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building. The removal and replacement of the staircase has also resulted in a low level of less than substantial harm to the significance of the listed building, with respect to fabric and the historic and architectural evolution of the listed building. No public benefits have been identified which would outweigh these harms. Therefore, the proposal would conflict with Section 16 of the Planning (Listed Building and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, policies D3 of the Local Plan: Strategy and Sites 2015, and D18 and D19 of the Local Plan: Development Management Policies, and the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
RH5 6NH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shere

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2026
Consultation expiry
13 July 2026
Consultation start
29 May 2026
Consultation end
13 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
29 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2026
Last date for comments
10 July 2026
Target decision date
10 July 2026
Decision issued
30 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan Sharp Associates
Architect profile
ALAN SHARP ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
Thursley House, 53 Station Road, Shalford, Surrey, GU4 8HA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 June 2026
Advertisement expiry
13 July 2026
Site notice start
22 June 2026
Site notice end
13 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14937887
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Holmbury St Mary
  • 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

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.

Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    24 Mar

    Listed building consent for erection of detached carport following demolition of existing garage.

    ApprovedListed building consent22/P/00543
  2. 2022
    24 Mar

    Erection of detached carport following demolition of existing garage.

    ApprovedFull Application22/P/00542
  3. 2021
    22 Nov

    Erection of porch to northeast elevation, changes to fenestration and internal alterations.

    ApprovedFull Application21/P/02429
  4. 2021
    22 Nov

    Listed Building Consent for the erection of porch to northeast elevation, changes to fenestration and…

    ApprovedListed building consent21/P/02430
  5. 2021
    1 Sep

    Certificate of Lawfulness of proposed works to a listed building to re-roof kitchen using new or re-claimed…

    ApprovedListed building consent21/P/01905
  6. 2021
    17 May

    T1 Yew - Reduce sides by 1m, crown lift to 3m and deadwood, T2 Yew - Crown lift to 4m, T3 Fig tree, Crown…

    ApprovedTrees in Conservation Area21/T/00156

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