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The Old Exchange, West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7AS

WA/2023/01000FULL APPLICATIONApproved
Full

Approved on 2 August 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued use of the building as place of worship (use class f1).

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Farnham Castle
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated26 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 98 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Old Exchange, West Street, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7AS. Waverley has handled 2,774 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Waverley's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 70 applications across Farnham Castle. We hold 501 applications in total for the GU9 postcode area.

89% of full applications at Waverley Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU9 7AS
Application type
FULL APPLICATION
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Farnham

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 April 2023
Consultation expiry
22 May 2023
Consultation end
22 May 2023
Target decision date
2 August 2023
Committee meeting
1 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
14 SUN HILL CRESCENT ALRESFORD SO24 9NJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
98 days

Additional information

UPRN
100062354654
Documents
12

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)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, 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

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© 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.

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Source: Waverley

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