3 - 12 High Street Woking Surrey
Approved on 21 November 2025
Council decision: Permitted
Proposal
Non-material amendment to planning permission ref: PLAN/2023/0645 dated 23.05.2025 (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) for design development changes (please refer to accompanying design document).
- Submitted
- 7 October 2025
- Council
- Woking Borough Council
- Ward
- Canalside
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 Nov
Decided in 45 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at 3 - 12 High Street Woking Surrey. Woking has handled 3,212 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 11 days quicker than Woking's typical decision time. The site is in the Woking Town Centre conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 139 applications across Canalside.
Application details
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Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Benjamin Bailey
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Woking Town CentrePart of the site
- Brownfield land register: 1-12 and 26-34 High Street and Commercial Way, Woking GU21 6ENRegister site at or near this address
- 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.
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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20261 Jul
Approval of details pursuant to condition 18 (External Plant Equipment) of planning permission ref…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0073 - 202625 Mar
Approval of details pursuant to condition 36 (Remediation Method Statement) of planning permission ref…
PendingDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0024 - 202625 Mar
Approval of details pursuant to condition 53 (Managing Borehole Installation) of planning permission ref…
PendingDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0025 - 20263 Mar
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 17 (Noise Insulation Scheme), 27 (Biodiversity Enhancements), 35…
Split DecisionDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0018 - 20263 Feb
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 28 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan, LEMP), 30 (Surface…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0007 - 202626 Jan
Approval of details pursuant to conditions 07 (Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)) and 12…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCOND/2026/0004
Source: Woking
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