Burrows Croft, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR

1. 2 Dec 2025

   Received by Guildford

2. 28 Apr 2026

   Decision issued: Approve

3. 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

• Old Gate House, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR

  19/P/01832 Submitted 22 Oct 2019 0m away

  Removal of condition 3 of planning permission 05/P/01698 approved on 22/09/2005 to allow the existing timber structure to be used as ancillary accommodation to the main house.

  Granted Full applications 6 docs

• Hatchways Farm, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR

  26/P/00664 Submitted 15 May 2026 2m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~10 Jul

  Erection of an outbuilding to be used as a residential annex, following the removal of the existi...

  Awaiting decision

• Old Gate House, Birches Lane, Gomshall, Guildford, GU5 9QR

  26/N/00072 Submitted 3 Sep 2026 2m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct

  Non-material amendment to planning permission 20/P/00987 approved 13/08/2020 to relocate the swim...

  Awaiting decision 4 docs

• Little Pantiles, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QF

  25/P/01180 Submitted 22 Aug 2025 257m away

  Erection of a self-build dwelling following demolition of ancillary cottage, garage and workshop and removal of in-ground swimming pool.

  Refused Full applications New dwelling Demolition 20 docs
  Domestic

• 2 Burrows Cross House, Burrows Cross, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QF

  26/P/00869 Submitted 24 Jun 2026 257m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~19 Aug

  Replacement of existing stables with proposed outbuilding

  Awaiting decision

• Westwood, Burrows Lane, Gomshall, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9QE

  26/D/00117 Submitted 22 Jul 2026 432m away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~16 Sep

  Discharge of condition 5 (sustainability measures) of planning permission 26/P/00220, approved on...

  Decided 4 docs

• 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/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
• 26/P/00453 Refused

  Appletons, Greta Bank, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HH

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension is now lawful.

  8 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00389 Refused

  1 Hops End, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AE

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the extension of garden area including demolition of existing boundary wall, erection of new boundary wall, replacement of existing garage style door with bi-fold doors and use of parking area for garden use would be lawful.

  25 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00608 Granted

  Glebe House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing building work to confirm that planning permission 99/P/01819 (Appendix 1) was implemented within the statutory three-year time frame and is therefore extant, allowing the construction of the garage to continue lawfully.

  5 May 2026 Lawful development