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Woodlands Sherbourne Drive Virginia Water Surrey SL5 0LG

RU.26/0485OtherApproved

Approved on 7 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent - subject to conditions11 conditions

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

Proposal

Erection of a replacement two storey house, external pool and relocation of entrance with new entrance gates, involving the demolition of the existing house and garden buildings.

Submitted
29 April 2026
  1. Received29 Apr
  2. Validated29 Apr
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 69 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Woodlands Sherbourne Drive Virginia Water Surrey SL5 0LG. Runnymede has handled 533 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 4 weeks longer than Runnymede's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,448 applications in total for the SL5 postcode area.

84% of all 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
SL5 0LG
Application type
Other
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 April 2026
Last date for comments
27 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: Runnymede
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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