43 Vale Road, Ash Vale, Guildford, GU12 5HR Data via plota.co.uk

26/P/01245 - C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev Registered

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the construction of a single storey rear extension following demolition of existing conservatory is lawful. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
17 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 13 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 12 Nov 2026 and 21 Nov 2026, from Guildford's recent extensions.

Site constraints 4

Local nature reserve 92 m away: Lakeside Park
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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 178 m away: Odiham Common with Bagwell Green and Shaw 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
Inside the Ash and Ash Vale built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 19 September 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £363,000 in April 2020. Terraced house, freehold.

28 April 2020£363,000
20 December 1996£79,950

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

Work with planning data?

Every application in Guildford - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Important details

Council
Guildford
Application type
C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
Postcode
GU12 5HR
Received
17 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Ash Vale
Parish
Ash
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
DOHarchitecture

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. Guildford usually decides extensions by day 56.

Day 1739 days to the 56-day target
51%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
584decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15188005
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