8 Hillspur Road, Guildford, GU2 8HE

1. 13 Mar 2023

   Received by Guildford

2. 3 May 2023

   Decision issued: Approve

3. 7 Sep 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

• 134 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HD

  24/D/00075 Submitted 14 May 2024 50m away

  Discharge of condition 2 (screening) of planning permission 24/P/00143 approved 04/03/2024.

  Granted Conditions 6 docs

• 120 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HD

  23/P/00364 Submitted 1 Mar 2023 50m away

  Application for a vehicle crossover/dropped kerb.

  Granted Full applications 14 docs

• 120 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HD

  22/P/02023 Submitted 30 Nov 2022 50m away

  Erection of raised hard standing for a parked car and balcony rails.

  Granted Full applications 14 docs

• 87 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HD

  26/P/01066 Submitted 7 Aug 2026 52m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~2 Oct

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a singl...

  Awaiting decision 9 docs

• Land adjacent and to rear of, 121 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8BE

  24/P/01359 Submitted 16 Sep 2024 147m away

  Proposed construction of four flats.

  Refused Full applications New dwelling 20 docs
  Several homes

• 148 Aldershot Road, Guildford, GU2 8BH

  19/P/01932 Submitted 8 Nov 2019 171m away

  Proposed low level first floor extension over existing ground floor

  Refused Full applications Extension 15 docs

• 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