54 Great Goodwin Drive, Guildford, GU1 2TY

1. 16 Apr 2026

   Received by Guildford

2. 23 Apr 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

3. 10 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

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

• 21 Long Dyke, Guildford, GU1 2UD

  23/P/00271 Submitted 15 Feb 2023 99m away

  New two storey side extension to replace existing garage/storage space.

  Granted Full applications Extension 8 docs

• 81 Great Goodwin Drive, Guildford, GU1 2TZ

  21/P/01136 Submitted 21 May 2021 121m away

  Single storey rear extension.

  Granted Full applications Extension 10 docs
  Small domestic

• 26 Great Goodwin Drive, Guildford, GU1 2TX

  22/P/02052 Submitted 6 Dec 2022 166m away

  Part conversion of garage to habitable accomodation and erection of a single storey rear extension

  Granted Full applications Extension 6 docs
  Small domestic

• 26 Great Goodwin Drive, Guildford, GU1 2TX

  23/P/00208 Submitted 7 Feb 2023 166m away

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed works to establish whether the conversion of roof space with dormer window would be lawful.

  Granted Lawful development Loft or dormer Windows or glazing 7 docs

• 27 Great Goodwin Drive, Guildford, GU1 2TX

  23/P/00256 Submitted 14 Feb 2023 166m away

  Amendment to approved planning application 22/P/01670 - increase in roof height of 215mm to allow for a warm deck room. All windows including existing and proposed to aluminium, anthracite grey, all new external walls to be rendered white and all existing and proposed roof tiles to be anthracite grey

  Granted Full applications Roofing Windows or glazing 16 docs

• 186 Bushy Hill Drive, Guildford, GU1 2UG

  22/P/02105 Submitted 15 Dec 2022 205m away

  Single storey side and rear extension following demolition of existing garage

  Granted Full applications Extension Demolition 16 docs
  Small domestic

• 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/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
• 26/P/00453 Refused

  Appletons, Greta Bank, West Horsley, Leatherhead, KT24 6HH

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension is now lawful.

  8 Apr 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00389 Refused

  1 Hops End, Puttenham, Guildford, GU3 1AE

  Certificate of Lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the extension of garden area including demolition of existing boundary wall, erection of new boundary wall, replacement of existing garage style door with bi-fold doors and use of parking area for garden use would be lawful.

  25 Mar 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00608 Granted

  Glebe House, Church Lane, Worplesdon, Guildford, GU3 3RU

  Certificate of lawfulness for existing building work to confirm that planning permission 99/P/01819 (Appendix 1) was implemented within the statutory three-year time frame and is therefore extant, allowing the construction of the garage to continue lawfully.

  5 May 2026 Lawful development