Planning application
Chestnut Farm Cottage, Chestnut Farm, Ockham Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6NP
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
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8 Oct 2025
Received by Guildford
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22 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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29 May 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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10 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
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Solve Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Aldershot
Active · incorporated 2011 · Aldershot
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice
- Officer report
- Ockham parish council - object
- Statuatory declaration of truth 2
- Statuatory declaration of truth 1
- Site location plan
- Attachment summary
- Application form - redacted
- Cover letter
- Electricity bills 20/21/22
- Electricity bills 2021
- Electricity bills 2025
- Electricity bills 2024
- Electricity bills 2023
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Open the documentsWhat 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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