Girraween, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP

1. 27 Mar 2023

   Received by Guildford

2. 12 May 2023

   Decision issued: Approve

3. 19 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Guildford granted permission on 12 May 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

• 1 Postford Mill Cottages, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP

  24/P/01403 Submitted 27 Sep 2024 50 yards away

  Erection of a ground floor garden room extension with an open porch with alterations following demolition of existing porch/ entrance hall.

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 18 docs
  Small domestic

• Lake House, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP

  25/P/01319 Submitted 29 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Proposed 3 and 4 metre high walls/fencing around Padel court.

  Refused Full applications 8 docs

• 1 Postford Mill Cottages, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP

  25/T/00291 Submitted 1 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  T1 English Oak - Reduce in height by approx. 2 - 2.5m to leave a finished tree height of approx 13m, reshape the remaining tree by approx. 2 - 2.5m back to suitable growth points, finished branch length to the north 5.8m, east 6m, south 4.4m and west 6m. Remove major deadwood from the tree, and stem clean by removing epicormic growth and old stubs to a height of 4m. T2 Alder - Raise the canopy to create 3 meters clearance. T3 English Oak - Remove major dead wood from the tree. T4 English Oak - reduce back the 2X lowest branches to the west by 2.5m to suitable growth points to leave an approx. finished branch length of 6m to bring them in line with the canopy above and remove major deadwood. T5 1X Ash with ash die back- Fell ground level. (Conservation Area)

  Granted Trees 4 docs

• Lake House, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RP

  26/P/00512 Submitted 20 Apr 2026 50 yards away

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of timber ...

  Decided 11 docs

• Mill Reach, Mill Lane, Chilworth, Guildford, GU5 9BA

  25/T/00261 Submitted 3 Nov 2025 100 yards away

  T1: Oak reduce height by 3 metres and laterals by 2 metres shaping round. T2 Hazel Group and alder - reduce height to match pleached hedge. T3: Hornbeam: reduce crown by 1-2 metres and uplift. T4: Hornbeam reduce crown by 2 metres. T5: 3 Alders reduce height by 3 metres and sides by 2 metres. T6 2 Silver Birch - reduce height by 3 metres T7: Willow tree: pollard T8: Iron wood. reduce crown by 1metre and uplift. T9: 3 Silver birch trees reduce crown height by 2.5 metres and shape round by 2 metres. T10: Liquid Amber shape crown by 2 metres .T11:Liquid Amber shape crown by 2 metres T12: weeping birch tidy crown by 0.5 metres and uplift. T13: Maple reduce crown by 2 metres T14: silver birch and hornbeam reduce crowns by 2 -2.5 metres T15: Willow tree by no 9 Repollard crown by 50 % T16: Oak uplift crown by 4 metres and reduce crown by 2 metres T17: - Alder tree by valve over lake/ pond area: reduce crown by 2-2.5 metres and shape. T18: Strawberry tree reduce and reshape crown by 1 metre T19: 3 Alders reduce and shape crown by 2 metres T20: Willow Pollard crown by 50% (Chilworth Gunpowder Mills Conservation Area)

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• High Croft, Dorking Road, Chilworth, Guildford, GU4 8RR

  21/P/01227 Submitted 2 Jun 2021 400 yards away

  Single storey side/rear extension.

  Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 26/P/01218 Awaiting decision

  15 Ashbury Crescent, Guildford, GU4 7HG

  Lawful development certificate for proposed erection of single storey rear outbuilding (workshop/storage)

  Received 9 Sep, published by the council 10 Oct 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/01182 Awaiting decision

  Lime Tree Cottage, High Park Avenue, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5DE

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a ground floor rear extension with roof lantern following demolition of existing conservatory would be lawful

  Received 1 Sep, published by the council 7 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/01159 Awaiting decision

  Stonechat, Silkmore Lane, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6JB

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing operations to establish whether the construction of a foundation trench for Plot 2 constitutes the lawful implementation of planning application 22/P/00793

  Received 27 Aug, published by the council 3 Sep 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/01153 Awaiting decision

  Hockley Lands, Burdenshott Road, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RN

  Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development to establish whether planning permission 25/P/01706 was implemented on 4th June 2026 prior to its expire date on 20th June 2026.

  Received 26 Aug, published by the council 28 Aug 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/01123 Awaiting decision

  Tye Green, Rowbarns Way, East Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 5RJ

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a proposed rear outbuilding would be lawful.

  Received 20 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Lawful development