Planning application
St John House, Lion And Lamb Way, Surrey
Works: New dwelling
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use of site from (use class e) to provide house in multiple occupation (hmo) consisting of 6 x 4 bedroom flats (use class c4) and external alterations.
As published by the council, reference WA/2026/01051
Application record
- Reference
- WA/2026/01051
- Type
- FULL APPLICATION
- Status
- Undecided
- Received
- 5 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 11 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Farnham Castle
- Parish
- Farnham
- Decision by
- Delegated
Site history
Applications at this address on the Waverley register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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PRA/2026/00723 Granted
St John House, Lion And Lamb Way, Surrey
General permitted development order 2015 schedule 2 part 3 class ma - prior approval application for change of use of the building from business (use class e) to 6 no. Dwellings (use class c3).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Jun 2026
Received by Waverley
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11 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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30 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 6 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Waverley took a median of 57 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Waverley for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Waverley decided full applications in a median of 84 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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WA/2026/01487 Refused
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WA/2026/01484 Granted
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WA/2026/01392 Granted
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WA/2026/01432 Refused
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