Lantern House and Carriage House, Walnut Tree Close, Guildford Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 25/P/01284

Appeal: Allowed · 8 Aug 2025 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 3361368 ↗

Council

Guildford 1/10

Date received

22 Sept 2025

Date validated

22 Sept 2025

Description

Certificate of Existing lawfulness under Section 191 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (a... Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 12 Oct 2026, 05:26

Site constraints 4

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.

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Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Guildford built-up area; Conservation area about 94 m away: Wey and Godalming Navigations.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 12 October 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, 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.

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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

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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