Planning application
Tamarisk, Pilgrims Close, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JR
Works: Extension Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether a single storey rear extension would be lawful.
As published by the council, reference 26/P/00552
Application record
- Reference
- 26/P/00552
- Type
- C of Lawfulness for Proposed Use or Dev
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 24 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 24 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 24 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Tillingbourne
- Parish
- Shere
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- GU5 9JR
Site history
Applications at this address on the Guildford register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 1 refused.
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26/P/00931 Granted
Tamarisk, Pilgrims Close, Shere, Guildford, GU5 9JR
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the erection of a singl...
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Apr 2026
Received by Guildford
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24 Jun 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Simon Best Associates Ltd Agent, registered in Guildford
Active · incorporated 2015 · Guildford
84 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 74% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
12 documents on file for this application
- Officer report
- Decision notice
- Application form redacted
- Location plan
- Site & location plan
- Existing ground floor plan
- Proposed ground floor plan
- Existing & proposed front elevations
- Existing & proposed rear elevations
- Existing & proposed side elevations
- Existing roof plan
- Proposed roof plan
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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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Certificate of lawfulness for existing development to establish whether the erection of a single storey rear extension is now lawful.