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Former Play Area North Of Alma Gardens Deepcut Camberley Surrey

25/1173/FFUFull Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 March 2026

Council decision: Grant17 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from vacant former play area to car parking court to provide additional car parking for existing dwellings in Alma Gardens with associated works and vehicular access onto Alma Gardens (south).

Received
7 November 2025
Public comments
4
Ward
Mytchett & Deepcut
Agent
David Lock Associates
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.29 Dec
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided5 Mar

Decided in 108 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Former Play Area North Of Alma Gardens Deepcut Camberley Surrey. Surrey Heath has handled 560 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Surrey Heath's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Mytchett & Deepcut.

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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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Consultation expiry
1 January 2026
Consultation start
1 December 2025
Consultation end
29 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
2 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
1 January 2026
Target decision date
12 January 2026
Permission expires
5 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
David Lock Associates
Architect profile
DAVID LOCK ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
50 North Thirteenth Street Central Milton Keynes Northamptonshire MK9 3BP

Planning decision

Case officer
Sarita Bishop
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 December 2025
Site notice end
1 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14369131
Documents
31

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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.

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