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The Anchor Public House High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PE

PLAN/2023/0981Regulation 3 - Full Planning ConsentApproved
Full

Approved on 17 September 2024

Council decision: Permitted subject to s106 AgreementPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two storey side and rear extensions and change of use of part of existing Public House to provide 8x self-contained residential units (3x two bed & 5x one bed) and retention of A3 (restaurant/café)/A4 (drinking establishment) use at ground floor level and associated external alterations, bin storage, parking and landscaping following demolition of existing rear extensions and outbuilding. (Resubmission of PLAN/2017/1167)

Received
9 January 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
9
Ward
Knaphill
  1. Received9 Jan
  2. Validated9 Jan
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target9 Oct
  5. Decided17 Sep

Decided in 252 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Anchor Public House High Street Knaphill Woking Surrey GU21 2PE. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 252 days, 28 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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

Postcode
GU21 2PE
Application type
Regulation 3 - Full Planning Consent
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 January 2024
Consultation expiry
10 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end
10 April 2024
Target decision date
9 October 2024
Committee meeting
3 September 2024
Decision issued
8 October 2024
Permission expires
8 October 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
274 days

Additional information

Documents
36
Constraints
10

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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  3. 2025
    3 Jun

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    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCOND/2025/0068
  4. 2025
    28 Apr

    Non Material Amendment to planning permission PLAN/2023/0981

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentAMEND/2025/0009
  5. 2024
    9 Jan

    Erection of two storey side and rear extensions and change of use of part of existing Public House to provide…

    This applicationApprovedFullPLAN/2023/0981

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