Kirat Rai House, Gambles Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6HS Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/01032 - Full Application Registered

Proposal

Proposed change of use of agricultural land to community use (F2) and the erection of a toilet block and associated drainage. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 08:27

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Application progress

✓

Received

29 Jul 2026

✓

Consultation

7 Aug 2026

Decision

Expected by 23 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 13 Oct 2026, from Guildford's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 13 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 35

Statements & assessments 3

PDF C/1563/1/pd Ordinance survey map sheet 2 Drawing · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Drainage and flooding statement Application Document · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF C/1563/1/pd 4 Drainage and flooding plan Drawing · 29 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 12

Site constraints 4

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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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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Priority Rivers

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

Not affected

No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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: Guildford
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: GU23 6HS
Received: 29 Jul 2026
Validated: 29 Jul 2026
Ward: Send & Lovelace
Parish: Ripley
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Ari Design UK

Decision outlook

Day 72, past the statutory target. 73% of changes of use in Guildford are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 28 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 725 days to the predicted decision (day 77)

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 →

Public comments

1comment received

1 objecting

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation: 7 Aug 2026
Comments by: 13 Oct 2026
Site or press notice: 22 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

6 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025

Proposed toilet block.

25/P/00206 17 Feb 2025

2025

Proposed toilet block.

25/P/00206 17 Feb 2025

2019 Withdrawn

Notification for Prior Approval for the Temporary Use of Buildings or Land for the Purpos…

19/W/00063 5 Sep 2019

2019 Withdrawn

Notification for Prior Approval for the Temporary Use of Buildings or Land for the Purpos…

19/W/00063 5 Sep 2019

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved

The Paddocks, Gambles Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6HS

Infill of front porch area with new gable created above. New dormers to front and side el…

17/P/02118 7 Dec 2017

2017 Approved

The Paddocks, Gambles Lane, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6HS

Infill of front porch area with new gable created above. New dormers to front and side el…

17/P/02118 7 Dec 2017

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

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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