The Bungalow, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG

1. 27 Jul 2026

   Validated

   Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

2. 27 Aug 2026

   Received by Guildford

3. 7 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

4. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 21 September 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 63 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Guildford for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.

The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.

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

• The Tyrrell Building, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG

  25/P/01379 Submitted 10 Oct 2025 0m away

  84% historically approved · decision due ~5 Dec

  Application under section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended) for the variation of condition 1 (external materials) and 2 (landscaping) of planning permission 07/P/01834, approved 22/11/2007 (for a reserved matters application pursuant to outline planning permission 04/P/00680 approved 17/10/2004 to consider scale, appearance and landscaping in respect of the erection of building 1900m² to provide for mixed office, industrial and storage use) to update the design and materials while maintaining the approved footprint, height, and overall nature of the development. (Amended plans received 29 July 2026)

  Awaiting decision Full applications 27 docs

• Emlyndene, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG

  25/W/00073 Submitted 17 Sep 2025 0m away

  Prior notification under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for change of use from agricultural building to dwellinghouse (use class C3) and associated building operations.

  Decided Other 2 docs
  Domestic

• The Tyrrell Building, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG

  26/N/00069 Submitted 18 Aug 2026 2m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~13 Oct

  Non Material Amendment to planning permission 07/P/01834 approved 22/11/07 for the addition of ...

  Awaiting decision 2 docs

• The Bungalow, Long Reach, Ockham, Woking, GU23 6PG

  26/W/00059 Submitted 27 Aug 2026 2m away

  86% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct

  Prior notification for a single storey 8.00 metre rear extension, 2.98 metres in height with an e...

  Awaiting decision Extension
  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/00808 Refused

  Sandy Farm Business Centre, Sands Road, Seale, Farnham, GU10 1PX

  Certificate of lawfulness for proposed development to establish whether the erection of a storage building would be lawful.

  11 Jun 2026 Lawful development
• 26/P/00792 Granted

  53 Woodbridge Road, Guildford, GU1 4RF

  Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed development to establish whether the loft conversion to habitable accommodation with insertion of 5 rooflights is lawful.

  10 Jun 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