Planning application
Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
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.
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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
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22/P/01774 Granted
Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
Proposed erection of a ground level solar panel structure.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Nov 2025
Received by Guildford
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4 Dec 2025
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 Horsham
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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.
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Passworth, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
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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
Refused Full applications 20 docsSmall domestic -
Ockham Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
Proposed erection of a ground level solar panel structure.
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Ockham Memorial Gardens, Ockham Lane, Ockham, GU23 6PA
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).
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The Old School House, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
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.
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Oakfield Cottage, School Lane, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PA
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
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26/P/01161 Awaiting decision
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26/P/00423 Granted
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26/P/00808 Refused
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26/P/00792 Granted
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26/P/00441 Refused
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