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263 Connaught Road Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0AE

PLAN/2024/0435Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 3 November 2025

Delegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of the building from storage and distribution warehouse (Class B8) to dwelling (Class C3) to form a single dwelling. Erection of a part first floor, part single storey side and rear extension, single storey front extension, rear dormer window and insertion of front rooflights following demolition of existing single storey rear element and outbuilding. Alterations to external materials (amended plans including red line on location plan).

Received
28 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Heathlands
Agent
ICE Architects Ltd.
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.7 Sep
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 493 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 263 Connaught Road Brookwood Woking Surrey GU24 0AE. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 493 days, 62 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Heathlands. We hold 1,058 applications in total for the GU24 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed extension, by reason of its scale, bulk, massing, proportions and design would result in an unduly dominating, discordant, disproportionate and incongruous addition and a cramped and contrived overdevelopment of the site which fails to respect the scale, character, form or proportions of the host dwelling. The proposed development would consequently result in a significantly harmful impact on the character of the host dwelling and surrounding area, contrary to Policies CS21 and CS24 of the Woking Core Strategy (2012) Supplementary Planning Document 'Design' (2015) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
  2. The proposed development, by reason of its scale, bulk, massing and siting would result in a significantly harmful overbearing and loss of light impact on the occupiers of No.263 Connaught Road and No.265 Connaught Road, to the significant detriment of their residential amenity. The proposal would therefore represent an unneighbourly form of development and would be contrary to Policy CS21 of the Woking Core Strategy (2012), Supplementary Planning Documents 'Outlook, Amenity, Privacy and Daylight' (2022) and 'Design' (2015) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
  3. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, it would appear that the proposal would result in more trips to the site than existing with vehicles having to reverse onto Connaught Road due to a lack of space on site for parking and turning. The applicant has also not demonstrated that the proposed access would achieve adequate pedestrian and vehicular visibility splays. The proposed development could therefore cause danger and inconvenience to pedestrians and other highway users and interfere with the free flow of traffic on the adjoining highway. The proposal would lead to conditions prejudicial to highway safety which would be contrary to Policy CS18 of the Woking Core Strategy (2012), Supplementary Planning Document Parking Standards 2018 and the NPPF (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU24 0AE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2024
Consultation expiry
7 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end
7 September 2024
Target decision date
23 August 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
ICE Architects Ltd.
Architect profile
ICE ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
127 Farringdon Road London EC1R 3DA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
37
Constraints
6

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

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