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Highpoint, 9 Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX

26/W/00075Awaiting decision
Prior approval
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for a proposed change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) to convert the existing building into 8 dwellings.

Received
21 October 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Castle
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.25 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Highpoint, 9 Sydenham Road, Guildford, GU1 3RX. Guildford has handled 7,095 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Guildford Town Centre conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 272 applications across Castle. We hold 772 applications in total for the GU1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
GU1 3RX
Parish
Castle

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2026
Consultation end
25 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Moretons Investments Limited

Company number 08329983

Status
Active
Nature of business
Buying and selling of own real estate
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Company information from Companies House.

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Guildford Town Centre
  • Listed building: Grade II: Thorpe'S BookshopOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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, 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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© 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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