Carmanah Lodge, August Lane, Albury, Guildford, GU5 9DP Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/00693 - C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev Approved

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension with changes to fenestration would be lawful. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 May 2026
✓
Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 7 Sept 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.
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Surrey Hills National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
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 4; Inside the Farley Green built-up area; Open access land 18 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £680,000 in August 2003. Detached house, freehold.

14 August 2003£680,000
16 December 1997£390,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Guildford
Application type
C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
Postcode
GU5 9DP
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Tillingbourne
Parish
Albury
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Simon Best Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 15 days faster than Guildford's median of 57 for new homes. Approved, as 73% of new homes here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
73%approved
70decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Guildford in the last twelve months, from validation. Guildford decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14904807
Planning Portal ref
PP-14904807
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use