Inchcape, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AE

1. 7 Oct 2024

   Received by Guildford

2. 5 Dec 2024

   Decision issued: Approve

3. 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

• The Old Vicarage, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AE

  25/P/01366 Submitted 7 Oct 2025 0m away

  Listed Building Consent for internal works and external works, including repair works to existing roof, addition of vented caps to open chimney pots, repair of external render, replacement of rear downpipe. Remove detached garage door, internal alterations to the garage and re-lay driveway pebbles (amended documents received 09.03.2026) (description amended 01.06.2026).

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 19 docs

• St Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Ripley GU23 6AE

  25/T/00226 Submitted 29 Sep 2025 0m away

  Reshape hedges 1, 2 and 3 to reshape to limit their height to 2 metres and reduce their width to recover unrestricted access to the church. The topping and pruning would be done over three winter periods so that no individual tree within the hedges has more than the top or one side pruned in one period (Ripley Conservation Area).

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• Clifford James, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF

  20/P/02235 Submitted 25 Dec 2020 45m away

  Installation and alteration of windows.

  Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 19 docs

• St Georges Farmhouse, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF

  26/P/00283 Submitted 3 Mar 2026 45m away

  Single-storey side extension; part two-storey rear extension together with replacement windows; alterations to the garage roof; new porch with associated works.

  Granted Full applications Extension Windows or glazing 23 docs
  Small domestic

• St James Place, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF

  26/T/00010 Submitted 14 Jan 2026 45m away

  T1 Cypress - Lift canopy by approx. 6ft to clear roofline and lift to approx. 22ft in total (Conservation Area)

  Granted Trees 5 docs

• St Georges Farmhouse, High Street, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6AF

  25/P/01436 Submitted 22 Oct 2025 45m away

  Two storey side extension and part single, part two storey rear extension following demolition of existing extension.

  Refused Full applications Extension Demolition 17 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