70 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ

1. 5 Feb 2026

   Received by Guildford

2. 16 Feb 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 25 Mar 2026

   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

• 100 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ

  26/P/00270 Submitted 2 Mar 2026 0m away

  Erection of side extension with rear dormer over existing garage, insertion of eleven solar panels on rear elevation together with replacement driveway balustrade.

  Granted Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 13 docs

• Land south of Aldershot Road Allotment Site, Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ

  21/P/01895 Submitted 2 Sep 2021 0m away

  Creation of a vehicular access track.

  Granted Full applications 16 docs

• 100 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ

  24/P/01556 Submitted 24 Oct 2024 0m away

  Erection of side extension with rear dormer and internal alterations together with replacement driveway balustrade.

  Refused Full applications Extension Loft or dormer 13 docs

• 96 Woodside Road, Guildford, GU2 8HQ

  26/W/00037 Submitted 16 Jun 2026 1m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~11 Aug

  Prior notification for a single storey 6.00 metre rear extension, 3.30 metres in height with an e...

  Decided Extension 9 docs
  Small domestic

• 8 Hillspur Road, Guildford, GU2 8HE

  23/P/00425 Submitted 13 Mar 2023 174m away

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether a single storey side and single storey rear extensions would be lawful.

  Granted Lawful development Extension 8 docs
  Small domestic

• 82 Foxburrows Avenue, Guildford, GU2 8HZ

  25/P/01177 Submitted 21 Aug 2025 186m away

  Proposed Cattery, comprising of a 10 pen wooden cattery unit, 2 pen uPVC cattery unit, 1 pen wooden isolation unit and a wooden Kitchen and Storeroom unit.

  Refused Full applications 18 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