Planning application
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
At appeal, which passes the decision to the national inspectorate. Anyone who commented before is normally able to comment again.
Proposal
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 17 (Pedestrian Improvements) to remove of the requirement for a Copenhagen crossing on the basis that all pupil pick-up and drop-off activity is fully accommodated within the site, the proposed school generates fewer pedestrian and public transport trips than the lawful office use, the requirement fails the statutory tests in paragraph 58 of the NPPF, and an independent Stage 1 Road Safety Audit confirms that the Copenhagen crossing would introduce a safety risk at this junction of planning permission 25/P/00762 approved 24/11/2025 for the 'Proposed change of use from offices (Class E(g)(i)) to SEN independent day school (Class F1(a)) including provision of fenced recreation play area, automatic security gate, car parking, bicycle parking, bin store, acoustic fence, and associated works'
As published by the council, reference 26/P/00426
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/00426
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Appeal Received
- Received
- 1 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 1 Apr 2026
- Ward
- St Nicolas
- Parish
- Friary & St. Nicolas
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU2 4DU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Guildford register
This site has had 8 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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26/T/00237 Awaiting decision
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
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26/D/00029/4 Awaiting decision
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Discharge of Condition 16 (odour control precautions) of planning permission 25/P/00762 approved ...
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26/P/00584 Refused
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to vary condition 17 (Pupil Occupancy) to amend the condition so that the crossing is required only when pupil occupancy reaches 24 students of planning permission Ref:25/P/00762 for the 'Proposed change of use from offices (Class E(g)(i)) to SEN independent day school (Class F1(a)) including provision of fenced recreation play area,automatic security gate, car parking, bicycle parking, bin store, acoustic fence, and associated works.
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26/D/00029/3 Awaiting decision
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Discharge of conditions 4 (waste and recycling facilities), 5 (enhancement), 15 (details of fixed equipment) and 16 (odour control equipment) of planning permission 25/P/00762 approved 24/11/2025.
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26/D/00029/2 Awaiting decision
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Discharge of condition 6 (car park management plan), 8 (staff travel plan) and 13 (management plan) of planning application 25/P/00762, approved 24/11/2025.
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26/D/00029/1 Awaiting decision
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Discharge of Condition 17 (pedestrian improvements) of planning permission 25/P/00762 approved 24/11/2025.
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26/D/00029 Granted
St Catherines Court, 46-48 Portsmouth Road, Guildford, GU2 4DU
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Enclosure), 7 (Gates), 10 (EV), 11 (Cycle Facilities), 14 (Fencing) of planning permission 25/P/00762 approved 24/11/2025
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Apr 2026
Received by Guildford
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 27 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Guildford took a median of 61 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: 6010990 (Appeal Started)
- Application: 25/P/00762 (Decided)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Space M Studio Limited Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2018 · London
14 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
19 documents on file for this application
- Application for an award of costs
- Statement of case
- Additional information
- Alistair smith - support
- St catherine's village association - object
- Surrey highways comments
- Application form redacted
- Response to the formal highway consultation comments
- Transport statement
- Scc highways comments on 25/p/00762
- Staff framework travel plan
- Planning statement
- Road safety audit
- Proposed changes to pavement
- Officer report
- Decision notice
- Scc highways comments on 25/p/00762
- Scc highways correspondence with lisa botha
- Rsa designers response
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