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Chestnut Cottage Sutton Park Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QW

PLAN/2026/0139Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing UseApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness of Existing Use or Development for Retention of and extension to small barn and works including an access and track from Foxes Path, pond, fenced yard and granary building. (Amended Description).

Received
8 April 2026
Ward
Heathlands
Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development
  1. Received8 Apr
  2. Validated8 Apr
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target3 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Chestnut Cottage Sutton Park Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QW. Woking has handled 107 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Sutton Park and Sutton Green conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Heathlands. We hold 956 applications in total for the GU4 postcode area.

75% of amendment applications at Woking Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU4 7QW
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Not Available, if this is a comment please see the Documents Tab

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 April 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Consultation end
1 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 May 2026
Target decision date
3 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development
Agent address
Austen House Station View Units A-J Guildford, Surrey GU1 4AR

Planning decision

Case officer
Hannah Dale
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sutton Park and Sutton Green
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bull Lane CottagesOn this site
  • Green belt: Woking
  • Registered park and garden: Sutton PlacePart of the site
  • 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 (18)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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: Woking

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