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Basingstoke Canal Towpath Woking Surrey

PLAN/2008/1233Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 20 March 2009

Council decision: PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Widening and resurfacing of the canal towpath from Pirbright Bridge to Hermitage Bridge and Monument Bridge to Sheerwater Bridge and associated assesses (Amended plans to show width of 1 metre vegetation retained to canal bank and arboricultural method statement submitted).

Received
20 December 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
10
Ward
Brookwood
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 90 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Basingstoke Canal Towpath Woking Surrey. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 5 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. The site is in the Basingstoke Canal conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

83% of full applications at Woking 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
Large
Parish
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Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2008
Consultation expiry
13 January 2009
Consultation end
13 January 2009
Neighbour consultation end
13 January 2009
Target decision date
14 February 2009
Committee meeting
17 March 2009
Permission expires
20 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
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Agent address
Mr Simon Pratt The Old Music Hall 106-108 Cowley Road Oxford Oxon OX4 1JE

Planning decision

Case officer
Katie Dunk
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal result
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Additional information

Documents
112
Constraints
33

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
  • Conservation area: Basingstoke CanalPart of the site · +1 more
  • Green belt: GuildfordPart of the site · +1 more
  • SSSI: Basingstoke Canal SSSIPart of the site · +1 more

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 (19)

flood storage 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, 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.

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