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Land Centred Coordinates 496095 136274, Petworth Road, Chiddingfold, Godalming

WA/2023/02004FULL APPLICATION MAJORApproved
Full

Approved on 6 June 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from agricultural land to suitable alternative natural greenspace (sang) with associated public footpaths.

Received
1 September 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chiddingfold
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 268 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Centred Coordinates 496095 136274, Petworth Road, Chiddingfold, Godalming. Waverley has handled 2,774 applications of this type. This one was decided in 279 days, 32 weeks longer than Waverley's typical decision time. The site is in the Godalming Centre conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Chiddingfold.

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

Application type
FULL APPLICATION MAJOR
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Chiddingfold

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2023
Consultation expiry
20 October 2023
Consultation end
20 October 2023
Target decision date
7 June 2024
Committee meeting
1 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
SORBON 24-26 AYLESBURY END BEACONSFIELD HP9 1LW

Planning decision

Statutory period
269 days

Additional information

UPRN
10096745293
Documents
51

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: Godalming Town Centre Conservation Area
  • Listed building: Grade II: 47 and 47a, High StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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: Waverley

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