Planning application
23 Worplesdon Road, Guildford, GU2 9RW
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from dwellinghouse (C3) to mixed use of dwellinghouse and cat hotel (sui generis) and the construction of an outbuilding at the rear garden to function as a small-sized, boutique cat boarding ('hotel') business (additional information received 19 April 2026).
As published by the council, reference 25/P/01384
Application record
- Reference
- 25/P/01384
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 13 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 10 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 6 May 2026
- Ward
- Stoughton South
- Parish
- Stoughton South
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU2 9RW
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Oct 2025
Received by Guildford
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10 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 May 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- Officer report
- Decision notice
- Proposed cattery operation plan
- Surrey highways - comment
- Climate change, energy and sustainable development questionnaire
- Location plan
- Application form redacted
- Regulation 4 exemption report
- Design & access statement
- Proposed 3d exterior design drawing
- Proposed floor plan
- Proposed elevations
- Proposed base plan
- Proposed roof plan
- Proposed layout plan
- Proposed 3d design elevations
- Proposed 3d floor layout plan
- Proposed location plan
- Proposed block plan
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