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Lycett Brown Swinburn 14A High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PE

PLAN/2023/0296PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 26 July 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval - ApprovedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval under Part 3, Class MA of the Town and County Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the Change of use of first floor from E(g)(i) Offices to C3 residential to allow for 2x 2 bed flats

Received
30 March 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
Knaphill
Agent
Nigel Rose Architects
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target1 Aug
  5. Decided26 Jul

Decided in 118 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Lycett Brown Swinburn 14A High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PE. Woking has handled 317 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 9 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 73 applications across Knaphill. We hold 1,553 applications in total for the GU21 postcode area.

74% of outline 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

Postcode
GU21 2PE
Application type
PA - COU commercial/service to dwellhs
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2023
Consultation expiry
26 April 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 April 2023
Target decision date
1 August 2023
Committee meeting
25 July 2023
Decision issued
27 July 2023
Permission expires
27 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nigel Rose Architects
Agent address
Sterling House Stroudley Road Basingstoke RG24 8UG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
124 days

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Land to the rear of Co-Op, Englefield Road, Knaphill, GU21 2PERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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