Victoria Square Development Land At Victoria Way And Church Street West Woking Surrey
Proposal
Submission of details pursuant to Conditions 24 (noise), 25 (noise) and 26 (plant) of planning permission PLAN/2018/0444 (Section 73 application to vary Condition 1 (approved plans) of permission ref: PLAN/2014/0014 (Erection of new shops (10,967 sq.m. in Use Classes A1, A2, A3, A5) and medical or commercial floorspace (526 sq.m. in Use Classes D1, D2, B1 or A2). 190 bed hotel of 23 storeys (including plant) (Class C1) with conference facilities, basement level spa and gym. 392 residential apartments (Class C3) with Tower 1, 34 storeys and Tower 2, 30 storeys. Construction of a new local energy centre at the Red Car Park, changes and extension to the Red and Yellow Car Park together with a new Green car park to provide 380 (net) new parking spaces. Creation of a new public square and new civic space and highway works including servicing to Wolsey Place and delivery provision. Closure of Cawsey Way and Church Street West, new all movements junction at Goldsworth Road/Victoria Way and High Street to be one way west with new bus stops and cycle lane. Demolition of the Fire Station, Globe House and part of the existing Wolsey Place Shopping centre) to allow: The provision of 37x additional residential units and associated alterations to housing mix, alterations to car parking provision and extension to Red Car Park, provision of additional stairwells to Towers 1 and 2 and alterations to external finishes, various internal and external alterations and alterations to the level of commercial floor space)
- Received
- 7 November 2025
- Decided
- 16 April 2026 · Permitted
- Council
- Woking Borough Council
- Ward
- Canalside
- ReceivedSubmitted7 Nov
- ValidatedValidated7 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Jan
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)
This is an application to vary a condition at Victoria Square Development Land At Victoria Way And Church Street West Woking Surrey. Woking has handled 280 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Woking's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 129 applications across Canalside. We hold 1,515 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.
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- Brownfield land register: 1-7 Victoria Way and 1-29 Goldsworth Road, Woking GU21 6JZRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
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