Planning application
173A High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AJ
Works: New dwelling Several homes
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA for the change of use of Class E space to form 4 apartments.
As published by the council, reference 24/W/00103
Application record
- Reference
- 24/W/00103
- Type
- Office to residential
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 21 Oct 2024
- Validated
- 21 Oct 2024
- Decided
- 12 Dec 2024
- Ward
- Castle
- Parish
- Castle
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU1 3AJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 Oct 2024
Received by Guildford
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12 Dec 2024
Decision issued: Refuse
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28 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Salisbury
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19 documents on file for this application
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Guildford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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Decided