61 St Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LZ

1. 24 Sep 2025

   Received by Guildford

2. 8 Jan 2026

   Decision issued: Refuse

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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

• 61 St Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LZ

  25/N/00092 Submitted 10 Sep 2025 0m away

  Non-material amendment for the addition of grey composite weather board to the 1st storey extension to the rear, instead of the proposed brick finish. Change for the proposed brick to the rear ground floor and side of the proposed extension to white render of approved application 24/P/00231 which allowed the 'Two-storey rear extension and side extension that links to the proposed rear extension'

  Refused Amendments Extension 11 docs

• 61 St Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LZ

  26/P/00075 Submitted 22 Jan 2026 0m away

  84% historically approved · decision due ~19 Mar

  Addition of two dormers and one rooflight (description amended 16/07/26).

  Awaiting decision Full applications Loft or dormer 15 docs

• 25 St Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LY

  26/N/00011 Submitted 3 Feb 2026 86m away

  Non Material Amendment to planning permission 23/P/00610 approved 22/06/2023 to make changes to front door porch.

  Granted Amendments Extension 12 docs
  Small domestic

• Grass verge near 45, St Michaels Avenue, Guildford, GU3 3LY

  25/P/01657 Submitted 5 Dec 2025 86m away

  Installation of battery box at verge of Aldershot road, Fairlands.

  Granted Full applications 15 docs

• 3 St. Michaels Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3LY

  07/P/00604 Submitted 14 Mar 2007 86m away

  Roof extension and loft conversion incorporating front and rear dormer windows.

  Refused Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 5 docs

• 32 Fairlands Avenue, Fairlands, Guildford, GU3 3NB

  21/P/01578 Submitted 16 Jul 2021 171m away

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the conversion of a loft space for habitable accommodation incorporating a rear dormer window and 2 velux rooflights to the front is lawful.

  Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 6 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