Quarry House Gardeners Hill Road Lower Bourne Farnham GU10 3JB Data via plota.co.uk

WA/2025/00281 - FULL APPLICATION Refused

Proposal

Erection of 4 dwellings with installation of air source heat pumps and solar panels; associated garaging parking and landscaping following demolition of existing dwelling garage and outbuildings. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
13 Feb 2025
✗
Refused
8 Oct 2025
Appeal
APPEAL ALLOWED

Refused on 8 Oct 2025 · Last checked 20 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Waverley Planning Committee on 1 Oct 2025.

Refused by 6 votes to 5

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because the homes would support housing supply without unacceptable harm to the countryside, neighbours, highways, trees or biodiversity.
  • Members rejected approval by 6 votes to 5, then refused permission by 6 votes to 5 because the location was considered unsustainable.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, public speaking, committee debate, vote and reasons for refusal. Includes the meeting recording, from 0:41:30 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of Waverley's committee minutes of 1 Oct 2025.

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 3

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
Inside the Wrecclesham built-up area; Priority habitat 16 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 18 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
Waverley
Application type
FULL APPLICATION
Postcode
GU10 3JB
Received
13 Feb 2025
Validated
13 Feb 2025
Ward
Farnham Wrecclesham and Rowledge
Parish
Farnham
Case officer
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Target decision
10 Apr 2025
Decision
REFUSED
Decision date
8 Oct 2025
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 237 days from validation, 180 days slower than Waverley's median of 57 for new homes. Refused, as 40% of new homes here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
60%approved
123decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 May 2026
Waverley
Planning Authority Score
5.3/10
Average
#133 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Waverley ranks #144 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Waverley decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #163 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #141 of 296
66%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #144 of 296
38%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #134 of 296
70%
Minor dwellings approved
151 decided (1-9 homes)
59%
Major dwellings approved
17 decided (10+ homes)
67%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,378
Total decisions
161 refused in the year to March 2026