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The Hobbit Farm, Polesden Lane, Ripley, GU23 6DX

Awaiting decision Guildford 25/P/01144 Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.

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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use or development to establish whether the change of use of the identified land and buildings to residential use (use class C3) began more than four years before the date of this application (amended description 28/08/25).

As published by the council, reference 25/P/01144

Application record

Reference
25/P/01144
Type
Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
13 Aug 2025
Validated
13 Aug 2025
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Parish
Ripley
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
GU23 6DX

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Aug 2025

    Received by Guildford

  2. 30 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 18 Aug 2026

    Status changed to Awaiting decision

    Previously Registered.

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Guildford took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Union 4 Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

18 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Guildford for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Guildford decided lawful development applications in a median of 62 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About lawful development applications

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.

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