Land at, Newark Lane, Ripley, GU23 6DN Data via plota.co.uk

26/W/00035 - Agriculture and Forestry Approved

Proposal

Application to determine if prior approval is required under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A (Agricultural and Forestry) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for two new agricultural buildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Jun 2026
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Consultation
12 Jun 2026
✓
Approved
6 Jul 2026

Approved on 6 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 120 m away: Papercourt SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1674 m away: M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange improvement; Inside the Ripley (Guildford) built-up area; 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 Planning Inspectorate 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
Agriculture and Forestry
Postcode
GU23 6DN
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
11 Jun 2026
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Parish
Ripley
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Jul 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Not Required
Decision date
6 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ian Judd and Partners

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 39 days faster than Guildford's median of 64 for changes of use. Approved, as 70% of changes of use here are.

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-14797335
Planning Portal ref
PP-14797335
Consultation
12 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Guildford
Planning Authority Score
1/10
Poor
#292 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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