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3 - 12 High Street, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6BG

RU.23/1178OutlineApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 August 2023

Council decision: No objection

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Consultation on: Partial demolition of 3-5 High Street, demolition and reinstatement of facade of 6-7 High Street, demolition of 8-12 High Street and redevelopment of the site to create a shared living building (sui-generis use) which ranges in height from two and three storeys (plus basement), to eight and nine storeys (plus basement), to fourteen to seventeen storeys (plus basement), including commercial floorspace [Use Class E], plant, refuse, bicycle store and associated highway works, including alterations to rear service access (Environmental Statement submitted).

Submitted
23 August 2023
  1. Received23 Aug
  2. Validated23 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 8 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 3 - 12 High Street, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6BG. Runnymede has handled 410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 8 days, 5 weeks quicker than Runnymede's typical decision time. The site is in the Woking Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

83% of outline applications at Runnymede Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
GU21 6BG
Application type
Outline
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 August 2023

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Woking Town Centre
  • Brownfield land register: Land at Albion House, High Street, Woking, GU21 6BDRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Runnymede

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