Plot 15, Berry Farm, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford Data via plota.co.uk

25/P/01735 - Full Application Refused

Proposal

Material Change of use of land for the creation of a 1 pitch Gypsy/Traveller site. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:51

Application progress

✓

Received

23 Dec 2025

✓

Validated

26 Jan 2026

✓

Consultation

6 Feb 2026

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Refused

11 Mar 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 11 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Jul 2026

Documents 18

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Correspondence · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 7

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Ancient woodland about 6 m away

Inside the 15 m buffer standing advice asks for from the boundary.

National policy refuses development that would cause loss or deterioration of ancient woodland or ancient trees unless there are wholly exceptional reasons.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National landscape about 347 m away: Surrey Hills; Priority habitat about 2 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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: Guildford
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: GU3 2JR
Received: 23 Dec 2025
Validated: 26 Jan 2026
Ward: Pilgrims
Parish: Wanborough
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Mar 2026
Decision: Refuse
Decision date: 11 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: WS Planning & Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 20 days faster than Guildford's median of 64 for changes of use. Refused, as 30% of changes of use here are.

This one44d

Council64d

UK56d

45%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

44decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Guildford in the last twelve months, from validation. Guildford decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14549104
Planning Portal ref: PP-14549104
Consultation: 6 Feb 2026
Comments by: 28 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Guildford

Planning Authority Score

1/10

Poor

#292 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

Guildford is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #282 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Guildford decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

84%

Overall approval rate

Below avg (87%) #221 of 296

86%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #243 of 296

31%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #282 of 296

64%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #276 of 296

79%

Minor dwellings approved

156 decided (1-9 homes)

67%

Major dwellings approved

6 decided (10+ homes)

66%

Change of use approved

47 decided

1,348

Total decisions

219 refused in the year to March 2026

Plot 15, Berry Farm, Westwood Lane, Wanborough, Guildford Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 18

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 2