Beefeater Restaurant Bourne Mill Business Park Guildford Road Farnham GU9 9PS Data via plota.co.uk

WA/2025/01495 - FULL APPLICATION MAJOR Approved

Proposal

Erection of a four storey annexe building to the existing hotel to provide additional bedrooms with associated works following demolition of existing restaurant. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Jul 2025
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Committee
22 Apr 2026
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Approved
12 May 2026

Approved on 12 May 2026 · Last checked 25 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Waverley Planning Committee on 22 Apr 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the design, residential impact and economic benefits were acceptable subject to conditions.
  • Farnham Town Council objected, and nine neighbours raised concerns including height, appearance, privacy, traffic and parking.
  • The committee granted permission by seven votes to four, subject to conditions and informatives.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, objections, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Waverley's committee minutes of 22 Apr 2026.

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve 475 m away: Farnham Park; 1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Farnham built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Waverley
Application type
FULL APPLICATION MAJOR
Postcode
GU9 9PS
Received
31 Jul 2025
Validated
31 Jul 2025
Ward
Farnham Moor Park
Parish
Farnham
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Oct 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
12 May 2026
Applicant
Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 285 days from validation, 229 days slower than Waverley's median of 56 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 80% of commercial and major works here are.

67%decided within 8 weeks
80%approved
30decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Waverley in the last twelve months, from validation. Waverley decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 Jan 2026
Waverley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#133 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

Waverley ranks #144 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Waverley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #163 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #141 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #144 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #134 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
151 decided (1-9 homes)
59%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,378
Total decisions
161 refused in the year to March 2026

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