4 Falcon Road, Guildford, GU1 4JG

1. 11 Jun 2021

   Received by Guildford

2. 23 Jun 2021

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 12 Aug 2021

   Decision issued: Approve

4. 18 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.

More on lawful development applications in our guide

• 1, 3 and 5 York Road, Guildford, GU1 4DR

  26/P/00492 Submitted 15 Apr 2026 37m away

  Refurbishment of existing homeless shelter (Nos. 3 and 5 York Road) and change of use from residential (C3) to homeless accommodation (No.1 York Road) into a single homeless accommodation centre (Sui Generis) and ancillary healthcare office / facility including extension to the communal facilities in Nos. 3 and 5 with other associated works

  Granted Full applications Extension 48 docs

• Flat 1, Vernon House, 25 York Road, Guildford, GU1 4DN

  26/T/00107 Submitted 28 Apr 2026 94m away

  Group of 4 lime trees (G1) - crown reduce back to original pruning points, leaving a finished height of 5 metres and a crown spread of 1 metre (Guildford Town Centre conservation area).

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• 36 Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4HR

  23/T/00069 Submitted 2 Mar 2023 99m away

  T1 Sycamore - reduce crown height by 4m and sides by 2m. Finished height to be 12m with a radial spread of 3m. by 4m all around. T2 Small Sycamore - remove (Guildford Town Centre Conservation Area).

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• 68 Stoke Road, Guildford, GU1 4HR

  21/P/01197 Submitted 27 May 2021 99m away

  2 storey side extension, rendering/cladding existing house and new front porch

  Granted Full applications Extension 5 docs
  Small domestic

• 11 Springfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4DW

  21/P/01376 Submitted 23 Jun 2021 107m away

  Certificate of lawfulness to establish whether the insertion of rooflights to the front elevation and the proposed dormer to rear elevation would be lawful.

  Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer 9 docs

• 40 Springfield Road, Guildford, GU1 4DP

  24/P/01515 Submitted 16 Oct 2024 123m away

  Erection of single storey side/rear extension.

  Granted Full applications Extension 15 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/P/01161 Awaiting decision

  The Bungalow, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of two side extensions and a loft conversion including rear dormer and three front rooflights would be lawful.

  27 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00423 Granted

  Misty Hill, Catteshall Lane, Unsted, Godalming, GU7 1UP

  Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use to establish whether the use began more than 10 years before the date of this application.The building works (for instance, building or engineering works) were substantially completed more than four years before the date of this application and the change of use to use as a single dwelling house began more than four years before the date of this application is lawful.

  31 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00808 Refused

  Sandy Farm Business Centre, Sands Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1PX

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of a storage building would be lawful.

  11 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00792 Granted

  53 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RF

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the loft conversion to habitable accommodation with insertion of 5 rooflights is lawful.

  10 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00441 Refused

  26 Harvey Road, Guildford, GU1 3SE

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the formation of a permeable hardstanding within the front curtilage, minor regrading of existing ground levels to accommodate the natural slope of the site and improve visibility, installation of a permeable sub-base and surface treatment to allow for the infiltration of surface water within the site, alteration to the existing boundary treatment (limited to the formation of an opening to facilitate access) and associated edge treatments would be lawful.

  7 Apr 2026 Lawful development