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Elm Nursery Sutton Green Road Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QD

PLAN/2026/0657Awaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing use of the site as a farm shop, garden centre, caf�, event space and ancillary offices (Use Class E), and a children's farm (Sui Generis).

Submitted
22 September 2026
Decision due
17 November 2026
Public comments
5 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Heathlands
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.20 Oct
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 20 October.

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About this application

This is a planning application at Elm Nursery Sutton Green Road Sutton Green Guildford Surrey GU4 7QD. Woking has handled 3,207 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 22 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 174 applications across Heathlands. We hold 956 applications in total for the GU4 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
GU4 7QD
Parish
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Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2026
Consultation end
20 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Mr Thomas Seccombe

Additional information

Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: Woking
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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: Woking

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