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Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

Granted Guildford 25/P/01514 C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of brick and stone walls together with entrance gates following removal of existing metal fence and timber gates would be lawful.

As published by the council, reference 25/P/01514

Application record

Reference
25/P/01514
Type
C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
Status
Decided
Decision
Approve
Received
5 Nov 2025
Validated
5 Nov 2025
Decided
4 Dec 2025
Ward
Send & Lovelace
Parish
Ockham
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
GU23 6PA

Site history

Applications at this address on the Guildford register

This site has had 3 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 1 refused.

  • 25/P/01708 Refused

    Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    Erection of brick and stone walls together with entrance gates following removal of existing metal fence and timber gates

    Decided 11 Feb 2026 Full applications
  • 22/P/01774 Granted

    Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    Proposed erection of a ground level solar panel structure.

    Decided 22 Mar 2023 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Nov 2025

    Received by Guildford

  2. 4 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 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 Horsham

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Documents

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10 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Guildford granted permission on 4 December 2025, 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.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Passworth, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    26/T/00032 Submitted 5 Feb 2026 0m away

    Willow tree front garden - Repollard and remove minor branches low down, on main stem Walnut tree prune and pollard top section (Ockham Conservation Area).

    Granted Trees 5 docs
  • Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    25/P/01708 Submitted 17 Dec 2025 0m away

    Erection of brick and stone walls together with entrance gates following removal of existing metal fence and timber gates

    Refused Full applications 20 docs
    Small domestic
  • Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    22/P/01774 Submitted 18 Oct 2022 0m away

    Proposed erection of a ground level solar panel structure.

    Granted Full applications 14 docs
  • Ockham Memorial Gardens, Ockham Lane, Ockham, GU23 6PA

    25/T/00304 Submitted 9 Dec 2025 0m away

    Reduce yews running down the length of the garden parallel with Ockham Road North and cut back both faces to allow in more light. Reduce maple on Ockham Road North boundary. Section fell large ash to ground level on far boundary in the corner on Ockham Lane. Section fell smaller ash trees on boundary running down Ockham Lane. Deadwood, and thin and lift oak to 5. Remove dead holy tree (Ockham Conservation Area).

    Granted Trees 3 docs
  • The Old School House, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    25/T/00254 Submitted 23 Oct 2025 0m away

    T1: (Yew Tree) crown lift to 4-5m from ground level to match. T2: (Eucalyptus) reduce crown back to previous reduction points, approx 5m off top and 2-3m off sides to shape. Also to rectify lower crown imbalance to raise to 7m from ground level on left side. G3: (Group of trees Holm Oak, chestnut, holly, oak etc. adjacent to public road) raise crowns over road only to a height of approx 5.5m from ground level to provide vehicle access. T4: (Oak Tree) reduce crown by approx 3-4m back to suitable growth points - tree is leaning heavily as suppressed by adjacent Holm oak.

    Granted Trees 7 docs
  • Oakfield Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA

    21/P/02104 Submitted 4 Oct 2021 0m away

    Removal of Condition 5 (removal of permitted development rights) of planning application 18/P/01367 approved 22/08/2018.

    At appeal Full applications 13 docs

In Guildford

  • 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