Little Chelsea, 61 Stoke Fields, Guildford, GU1 4LT
Refused on 30 March 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) to determine if prior approval is required for the installation of solar panels on roof.
- Received
- 3 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Guildford Borough Council
- Ward
- Stoke
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 Mar
- TargetTarget Date30 Mar
- DecidedDecided30 Mar
Decided in 55 days
About this application
This is a planning application for a solar installation at Little Chelsea, 61 Stoke Fields, Guildford, GU1 4LT. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than Guildford's typical decision time. The site is in the Stokefields conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 100 applications across Stoke. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The proposed solar panels to be installed on the ground floor rear extension would not comply with the Class A, Part 14, Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development (England) Order 2015 (as amended) as the plans show them to be installed on a pitched roof whereas the roof for this section is currently a flat roof. Therefore the plans do not tally with the current situation on site and the proposal would fail to comply with A.1ba being more than 0.6 metres higher than the highest part of the flat roof.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- GU1 4LT
- Application type
- Renewable Energy
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Stoke
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 13 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 11 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 30 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 20 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 23 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Stokefields
- 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, 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.
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