Land adjacent to Bushey Lea Farm, Green Lane West, Ash Green, GU12 6EH Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/00395 - Full Application Refused
Change of useNew homes

Proposal

Change of use of land to form a private Gypsy and Traveller residential site comprising of two pitches, each with one static and one touring caravan, together with associated hardstanding, installation of a cesspit, and provision of landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
26 Mar 2026
✓
Validated
7 Apr 2026
✓
Consultation
24 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
25 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 25 Jun 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Documents 25

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision notice Decision · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Officer report Report · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Design & access statement Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Sustainable drainage strategy Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity net gain and ecological enhancement statement Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Biodiversity metric - small site Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF T1439-001 Location plan Drawing · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF T1439-002 Existing block plan Drawing · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF T1439-003 Proposed block plan Drawing · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application form Application Form · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF Surrey highways - comment Correspondence · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 14

PDF Appeal questionnaire Appeal Document · 16 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Correspondence · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Name hidden Show Correspondence · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Correspondence · 8 May 2026 View ↗
PDF Mobile home specs Application Document · 7 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Gypsy and traveller unmet need addendum Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Cmmp Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Pre & post development maps Application Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

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.
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 4. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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: 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
Priority habitat about 19 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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 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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Other new applications on this street

18 Aug 2026Pending

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19 Aug 2026Pending

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19 Aug 2026Pending

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Important details

Council
Guildford
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
GU12 6EH
Received
26 Mar 2026
Validated
7 Apr 2026
Ward
Normandy & Pirbright
Parish
Normandy
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refuse
Decision date
25 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Prideaux Planners

How this decision compares

Decided in 79 days from validation, 15 days slower than Guildford's median of 64 for changes of use. Refused, as 30% 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 →

Public comments

12comments received
6 objecting6 supporting

50% support · above the UK average of 16%

16 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14812852
Neighbours
21 Jul 2026
Consultation
24 Apr 2026
Comments by
21 May 2026
Site or press notice
30 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Refused
Land adjacent to Bushey Lea Farm, Green Lane West, Ash Green, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Change of use of land from Agriculture to equestrian and the erection of a stable block a…
25/P/00882
2025 Refused
Land adjacent to Bushey Lea Farm, Green Lane West, Ash Green, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Change of use of land from Agriculture to equestrian and the erection of a stable block a…
25/P/00882
2024 Approved
3 Bushey Leas Cottages, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Conversion of outbuilding to a one bedroom granny annex ancillary to the main house.
24/P/00071
2024 Approved
3 Bushey Leas Cottages, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Conversion of outbuilding to a one bedroom granny annex ancillary to the main house.
24/P/00071
2023 Approved
Brambles, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Prior notification for a single storey 8.00 metre rear extension, 2.21 metres in height w…
23/W/00068
2023 Approved
Brambles, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Prior notification for a single storey 8.00 metre rear extension, 2.21 metres in height w…
23/W/00068
2023 Withdrawn
Brambles, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Prior notification for a proposed single storey 8m extension 4m in height with an eaves h…
23/W/00063
2023 Withdrawn
Brambles, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Prior notification for a proposed single storey 8m extension 4m in height with an eaves h…
23/W/00063
2023 Approved
Brambles, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of new stables and associated hardstanding and retrospective demolition of exist…
23/P/01154
2023 Approved
Brambles, Pound Farm Lane, Aldershot, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of new stables and associated hardstanding and retrospective demolition of exist…
23/P/01154
2021 Approved
3 Bushey Leas Cottages, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of single storey rear conservatory.
21/P/00904
2021 Refused
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of detached double carport.
21/P/01085
2020 Approved
3 Bushey Leas Cottages, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Single storey rear extension, and changes to fenestration.
20/P/01130
2020 Approved
3 Bushey Leas Cottages, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Single storey rear extension, and changes to fenestration.
20/P/01130
2020 Approved
Land North of Ash Green Lane West, Normandy, Guildford GU12 6EH
Consent under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to carry out an 11kV overhead line r…
20/CON/00017
2020 Approved
Land North of Ash Green Lane West, Normandy, Guildford GU12 6EH
Consent under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 to carry out an 11kV overhead line r…
20/CON/00017
2019 Refused
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of three space carport with shed.
19/P/01662
2019 Refused
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of three space carport with shed.
19/P/01662
2019 Refused
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of three space carport with shed.
19/P/00503
2019 Refused
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Erection of three space carport with shed.
19/P/00503
2017 Approved
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Proposed detached single storey bungalow following demolition of the existing dwelling (a…
17/P/01205
2017 Approved
The Patch, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Proposed detached single storey bungalow following demolition of the existing dwelling (a…
17/P/01205
2017 Approved
Bushey Lea Copse, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Prior Notification under Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Devel…
17/P/00783
2017 Approved
Bushey Lea Copse, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Prior Notification under Part 6 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Devel…
17/P/00783
2016 Refused
Bushey Leas Farm, Pound Farm Lane, Ash, Guildford, GU12 6EH
Proposed demolition of 2 existing ranges of farm buildings and the construction of 2 new…
16/P/00252
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings