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Chestnut Farm Cottage, Chestnut Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP

Granted Guildford 25/P/01373 Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the change of use to a single dwelling house began more than four years before the date of this application.

As published by the council, reference 25/P/01373

Application record

Reference
25/P/01373
Type
Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
8 Oct 2025
Validated
22 Oct 2025
Decided
29 May 2026
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Parish
Ockham
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
GU23 6NP

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Oct 2025

    Received by Guildford

  2. 22 Oct 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 29 May 2026

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Solve Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Aldershot

Active · incorporated 2011 · Aldershot

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Documents

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

14 documents on file for this application

  • Decision notice Decision · 28 May 2026
  • Officer report Report · 28 May 2026
  • Ockham parish council - object Correspondence · 24 Nov 2025
  • Statuatory declaration of truth 2 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Statuatory declaration of truth 1 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Site location plan Drawing · 08 Oct 2025
  • Attachment summary Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Application form - redacted Application Form · 08 Oct 2025
  • Cover letter Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Electricity bills 20/21/22 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Electricity bills 2021 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Electricity bills 2025 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Electricity bills 2024 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025
  • Electricity bills 2023 Application Document · 08 Oct 2025

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What this grant of permission means

Guildford granted permission on 29 May 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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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