Planning application
Little Hope, 58 Station Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for an existing use to establish whether the use of the living room, dining room, spare bedroom and supervised use of the kitchen, bathroom and garden at 58 Station Road as a childminding facility for 4 children between the hours of 8am ? 5pm Monday to Friday for 46 weeks of the year does not constitute a material change of use of the dwellinghouse that would require planning permission.
As published by the council, reference 25/P/01666
Application record
- Reference
- 25/P/01666
- Type
- Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 10 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 10 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 29 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Shalford
- Parish
- Shalford
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU4 8HD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Guildford register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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25/P/01281 Refused
Little Hope, 58 Station Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HD
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use to establish whether the use of the living room, dining room, spare bedroom and supervised use of the kitchen and bathroom at 58 Station Road as a child minding facility for 7 children between the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Thursday for approximately 46 weeks of the year does not constitute a material change of use that would require planning permission.
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25/P/01142 Awaiting decision
Little Hope, 58 Station Road, Shalford, Guildford, GU4 8HD
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a single-storey log cabin in rear garden following demolition of existing shed and greenhouse would be lawful.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Dec 2025
Received by Guildford
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29 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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D&M Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Godalming
Active · incorporated 2011 · Godalming
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8 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice
- Officer report
- Sarah dana
- Mr reffold and mrs winnick
- Mr & mrs sinclair-barnes - objects
- Application form redacted
- Location plan
- Certificate of lawfulness
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Guildford granted permission on 29 January 2026, 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.
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