Planning application
Grove Heath Farm, Grove Heath Road, Ripley, Woking, GU23 6ES
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 Old Barn as an independent residential dwelling (use class C3) began more than 4 years ago.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/00239
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/00239
- Type
- Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 23 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 23 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 20 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Send & Lovelace
- Parish
- Ripley
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU23 6ES
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Feb 2026
Received by Guildford
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20 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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10 Aug 2026
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice map
- Decision notice
- Delegated officer report
- Block plan (updated)
- Location plan (updated)
- Block plan (amended)
- App 4 - octopus energy
- App 4 - edf bill (farmhouse)
- App 3 - land registry docs
- App 2 - statuatory declaration 1
- App 1 statuatory declaration 2
- Photo seperate electric meters - farmhouse
- Photo seperate electric meters - the old barn
- Application form - redacted
- Site location plan
- Ground floor plan
- First floor plan
- Block plan
- Planning statement
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Guildford granted permission on 20 April 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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