74 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UA

1. 17 Oct 2025

   Received by Guildford

2. 27 Oct 2025

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 22 Dec 2025

   Decision issued: Approve

4. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.

Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.

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

• 72 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UA

  19/W/00098 Submitted 7 Nov 2019 0m away

  Prior notification for a single storey 4 metre extension, 3.92 metres in height with an eaves height of 2.46 metres

  Granted Extension 11 docs
  Small domestic

• 123 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9TY

  23/P/00109 Submitted 25 Jan 2023 89m away

  Erection of a single storey front extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 25 docs
  Small domestic

• 123 Rydes Hill Road, Guildford, GU2 9TY

  23/P/00110 Submitted 25 Jan 2023 89m away

  Certificate of lawfulness to establish if a hip to gable roof and loft conversion with three rooflights at the front and changes to fenestration would be lawful.

  Refused Lawful development Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 25 docs

• 60 Sheepfold Road, Guildford, GU2 9TU

  23/P/00008 Submitted 3 Jan 2023 93m away

  Proposed double hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer and increased ridge height to allow for a loft conversion, and a single storey rear extension.

  Refused Full applications Extension Loft or dormer +1 24 docs
  Small domestic

• 101 Sheepfold Road, Guildford, GU2 9TU

  26/P/00020 Submitted 9 Jan 2026 93m away

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the conversion of loft space to habitable accommodation with hip to gable conversion, rear dormer and 2 no velux rooflights to front elevation would be lawful.

  Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer 12 docs

• 39 Byrefield Road, Guildford, GU2 9UB

  26/P/01035 Submitted 29 Jul 2026 110m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~14 Oct

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the conversion of loft ...

  Awaiting decision 12 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