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Worplesdon Golf Club Heath House Road Woking Surrey GU22 0RA

PLAN/2025/0197Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 30 May 2025

Delegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed 15 metre wide and 6 metre high protection netting

Received
21 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Heathlands
Agent
Bbf-fielding Ltd
  1. Received21 Mar
  2. Validated21 Mar
  3. Consult.14 Apr
  4. Target30 May
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Worplesdon Golf Club Heath House Road Woking Surrey GU22 0RA. Woking has handled 1,185 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Woking's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Heathlands. We hold 747 applications in total for the GU22 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. By reason of the height, width, proximity and resulting relationship, the proposed safety netting would have an oppressive, enclosing and overbearing impact on the private amenity space of Camellia House, amounting to significant harm and an unneighbourly form of development, contrary to Policy CS21 of the Woking Core Strategy 2012, Policy DM3 of the Development Management Policies DPD 2016, Supplementary Planning Document 'Outlook, Amenity, privacy and Daylight' 2022 as well as the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
  2. It has not been demonstrated that the proposed safety netting could be erected without having a detrimental impact upon trees in and around the application site which have visual amenity and screening value and contribute to the character of the surrounding area, contrary to Policy CS21 of the Woking Core Strategy 2012 and Policy DM2 of the Development Management Document DPD 2016 as well as the provisions of the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
GU22 0RA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 March 2025
Consultation expiry
14 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
14 April 2025
Target decision date
30 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bbf-fielding Ltd
Architect profile
BBF FIELDING LIMITED
Agent address
Craven House Lansbury Business Estate 102, Lower Guildford road Knaphill, Woking Surrey GU21 2EP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Documents
15
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Woking
  • 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, 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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© 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.

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