33 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SX

1. 19 Aug 2025

   Received by Guildford

2. 8 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Approve

3. 10 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

• 29 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SX

  26/P/00532 Submitted 22 Apr 2026 0m away

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a second-floor loft conversion to include hip to gable, a rear dormer and a roof light to the front roof of the existing semi-detached house would be lawful. (Amended on 15/06/2026)

  Granted Lawful development New dwelling Loft or dormer 8 docs

• 29 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SX

  26/P/00531 Submitted 22 Apr 2026 1m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~13 Jul

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

  Decided

• 22 Pennings Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SU

  25/P/01151 Submitted 15 Aug 2025 38m away

  Single-storey rear extension with mono pitched roof

  Granted Full applications Extension 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 19 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9ST

  25/P/01650 Submitted 4 Dec 2025 85m away

  Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing development to establish whether the erection of a single-storey rear extension, loft conversion, hip-to-gable roof extension and rear dormer works was lawful

  Granted Lawful development Extension Loft or dormer 12 docs
  Small domestic

• 36 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9SS

  21/P/01278 Submitted 7 Jun 2021 102m away

  Erection of an outbuilding (retrospective application).

  Granted Full applications 4 docs

• 23 Rydes Avenue, Guildford, GU2 9SR

  26/P/00930 Submitted 9 Jul 2026 151m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~3 Sep

  Change of use from an existing dwelling house under C3 to a 6 bedroom HMO under Sui Generis with ...

  Awaiting decision 14 docs
  Domestic

• 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