Planning application
Bargate Cottage, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1BG
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use to establish whether the change of use to use as a single dwelling house began more than four years before the date of this application.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/00398
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/00398
- Type
- Cert. of Lawful. of Existing Use or Dev.
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Refuse
- Received
- 26 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 8 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 8 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Pilgrims
- Parish
- Puttenham
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU3 1BG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Guildford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/P/01372 Awaiting decision
Bargate Cottage, Suffield Lane, Puttenham, GUILDFORD, GU3 1BG
Certificate of Lawfulness for continued use of existing dwellinghouse
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Mar 2026
Received by Guildford
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8 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
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Spring Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Hope Valley
Active · incorporated 2017 · Hope Valley
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
32 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
Guildford refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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