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
- 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
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Aldershot
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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.
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