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26 Grasmere Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5TJ

24/0694/FFUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 March 2025

Council decision: GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of existing bungalow to a two storey dwelling, including increase in ridge height, single storey front extension, Juliet balconies to rear elevation, new chimney, solar panels on the roof, air source heath pump and fenestration changes following demolition of existing rear conservatory.

Received
22 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Lightwater
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 240 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 26 Grasmere Road Lightwater Surrey GU18 5TJ. Surrey Heath has handled 560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 240 days, 26 weeks longer than Surrey Heath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Lightwater. We hold 111 applications in total for the GU18 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Surrey Heath Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU18 5TJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2024
Consultation expiry
17 February 2025
Consultation start
20 January 2025
Consultation end
17 February 2025
Neighbour consultation start
23 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
20 August 2024
Last date for comments
17 February 2025
Target decision date
16 September 2024
Permission expires
19 March 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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: Surrey Heath

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