Unit 1 Albury Farm Gracious Pond Road Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8HJ

25/0157/FFUFull Planning ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 9 October 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Erection of a B8 Storage Building following the demolition of existing B8 Storage Building.

Received: 14 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 32
Council: Surrey Heath Borough Council
Ward: Windlesham & Chobham
Agent: White Planning

ReceivedReceived14 Feb
ValidatedValidated27 Feb
Consult.Consultation13 May
TargetTarget Date24 Apr
DecidedDecided9 Oct

Decided in 224 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Unit 1 Albury Farm Gracious Pond Road Chobham Woking Surrey GU24 8HJ. Surrey Heath has handled 560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 237 days, 26 weeks longer than Surrey Heath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 298 applications across Windlesham & Chobham. We hold 1,060 applications in total for the GU24 postcode area.

86% of full applications at Surrey Heath Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

Insufficient evidence has been provided whether the proposed replacement unit would result in new planning unit or remain ancillary to the existing use, including the anticipated traffic movement including HGVs vehicles, parking and access into the site. In the absence of sufficient evidence, it cannot be determined that the development would not give rise to unacceptable harm upon to the intrinsic rural character of the area, would be without harm to neighbouring occupiers amenity by reason of noise and disturbance and would be without harm on the flow of traffic on the highway network and highway safety. Furthermore the proposal would result in an intensification of traffic to and from the site which and in the absence of evidence to the contrary the proposal would result in harm to the integrity of the SSSI and SPA. The development would therefore be contrary to Policy DM9, DM11, CP1 and CP14 of the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD, and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: GU24 8HJ
Application type: Full Planning Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Chobham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 February 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 May 2025
Consultation start: 15 April 2025
Consultation end: 13 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start: 13 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end: 3 April 2025
Last date for comments: 13 May 2025
Target decision date: 24 April 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: White Planning
Agent address: Wey Bank Alton Road Farnham GU10 5EL

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 19 March 2025
Site notice end: 16 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13776630
Documents: 48

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Green belt: Surrey Heath
SSSI: Chobham Common SSSIPart of the site
Special Area of Conservation: Thursley, Ash, Pirbright & ChobhamPart of the site
Special Protection Area: Thames Basin HeathsPart of the site
National nature reserve: Chobham CommonPart of the site

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 (17)

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, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, 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.

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Source: Surrey Heath

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